surviving the world
A Day to Celebrate Mary Hambleton
Please save the date - May 10th at 3 pm
The Brotherhood Synagogue
brotherhoodsynagogue.org
28 Gramercy Park S
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-5750
Followed by a show of Mary's work and reception at 5 pm at Max Protetch Gallery
Max Protetch Gallery
511 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
(212) 633-6999
"Surviving the world" was the title of Mary's first blog entry on her new web site in 2008.
Strikingly, her work began to chronicle her journey of living with this disease... starting with the use of images of extinct species, and then, later, images from the innumerable scans of her body. Some of these may be seen on her website.
Mary never let her illness define her, but chose to define it instead by transforming it into art. As her own energy waned in these past few years, she took the scans of the disease that would ultimately take her, and she turned those into striking and profound images. In that sense, she had the last word, because here is her body of work - living poignant entities that tell the story of who she was.
In addition to the legacy of her work, Mary left many students and colleagues in the art world who cherished her generous, funny, and compassionate embrace of them.
- Ken Buhler
Please post your memories of Mary. You may also email images for posting to: kbuhler@earthlink.net