Finally made it to the Ulster Museum to check out the Sean Scully exhibition on Saturday and was greeted by a guide to the museum in Irish. Well done to all concerned.
The Troubles section wasn't as I had thought artworks but a history lesson covering the conflict.
As for Scully, full marks to the museum for honoring an Irish artist and Scully himself gets the thumbs-up for his introductory comments where he says Belfast is a bridge from conflict to peace with much to offer the world. His very words: "Art is the opposite of war."
There's at least six galleries of Scully's work over the past 35 years, much of it bright, bold and big. A Scully is more powerful on its own and sometimes best-enjoyed from the other side of the gallery as in this picture.
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