
Grief and History
- By Greg Mahr
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About the Artwork
“I struggle to find a place for grief I feel, and a context for it, thus the historical map in the background. For some time I have felt drawn to taking photos of dying flowers. Somehow these tulips and their purple color, and the map in the background, fit together for me. They formed a still life of the grief I feel.”
Gregory Mahr is a psychiatrist and writer living in Detroit.
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1 thought on “Grief and History”
Love it! Your image conjures the works of the artists in the Dutch Cabinet Galleries at the National Gallery of Art. Thank you for sharing!
https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/video/dutch-flemish-cabinet-galleries.html