April 12, 2008

Janet Wheeler's solo, "Totems and Spirit Boxes," opened last night at Touchstone on 7th Street (two blocks down from the Verizon Center, which hosted the first playoff game of the Caps at the same time, making for quite a human and vehicular tsunami. But I digress.) Janet's work has for many years drawn on the emotional power of ancient ritual objects. Never based on specific objects or particular religions, they evoke universal icons. This show further develops the theme and the work is both moving and mysterious.