Week 39: Sep. 29, 2024

Day and Night, Hour by Hour, Ross Bleckner, American, 2023, oil on linen

Night lights…

I enjoy when I notice something that is new to the museum. There is a sense that the ‘permanent collection’ is somehow static and unchanging, but it actually changes all the time. Today, I walked through the museum and turned around and got this fun surprise.

The lighting and depth are surprisingly powerful when, in many ways, the image is rather childlike. But I wanted to look at it for a long time to take it in, and that made me choose it for the photos of the week.

I took this from a bit of an angle because it seemed to amplify the effect of the 3D nature of the leaves and flowers.