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Martha Margulis exhibition at the West of Ireland Gallery
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Written by Sioban McMahon
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 |
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The West of Ireland Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition featuring the work of Martha Margulis. An celebration of the opening of this remarkable show will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2008, from Noon to 2pm slt.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/166/190/24
Martha Margulis' (1928-2003) award winning abstract paintings have been exhibited and collected in the US and internationally. Her work is included in the collections of Peter Lawson-Johnson, president Guggenheim Museum, the Herbert Johnson Museum at Cornell University, the Everson Museum at Syracuse University, and many important corporate and private collections.
Neither representational nor wholly imaginary, these works pulsate across the canvas with skillfully chosen overlays of color and linear brushstrokes. Margulis wrote of her work: "My subjects range from semi-abstract landscapes, to complete abstractions. With the use of linear expressionist brushstrokes, I aim to create movement and excitement while retaining an illusion of depth and, in the landscapes, of reality."
www.marthamargulis.com
The West of Ireland promotes Irish and Celtic culture within Second Life, while raising funds for Project Children and providing an entertaining environment for guests. These estates are owned by the South Texas Celtic Music Association and are collectively a recognised 501(c)3 nonprofit organisation with both the US government and Linden Labs.
Project Children was started in 1975 as a way to bring Catholic and Protestant children from Northern Ireland together. At the time the organization was founded, Northern Ireland was strewn with political strife and violence. Denis Mulcahy and his brother Pat, originally from County Cork and then New York, took action and founded Project Children.
Each summer since its inception, Project Children has brought children that show promising futures to the United States to live with host families. These children get to know each other and see that there is little difference between them. They learn that they can live together even with their differences and not only that, but actually become friends.
So far Project Children has brought over 14,000 children from Northern Ireland to the United States for summer vacations with more than 600 children per year now participating. Your donation will help cover the cost of flights for these well deserving children.
www.irelandsl.org
www.projectchildren.org
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 August 2008 )
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