(MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN) – In Mark Mulhern’s painting Wedding in Brittany, a scattered crowd gathers on a rocky beach. The figures are simple in detail yet expressive in shape: one crosses their legs in conversation, another hunches and points toward a walking bride and groom. These small movements are caught in time, framed at a distance by a wide, bright landscape.
Festive scenes like these are a hallmark of Mulhern’s work, but rather than snapshots of a specific moment, they’re a blend of different ones. “It’s more a memory than a photograph,” says Graeme Reid, director of collections and exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
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