Margaret Boozer at Project 4 Margaret Boozer has a show now that should not be missed. It is installed at Project 4, in the gallery's airy and luminous new space, hovering above U Street atop the building repurposed by Paul So for his Hamiltonian Gallery and friends. Margaret’s ceramic constructions perform the magical feat of both anchoring the walls to the earth and contributing to the illusion that the whole space could become untethered and float right up into the sky.
Sean Hennessey was there
that's my reflection in the window as I get the pic
I have always loved the contradiction posed by Margaret’s work; she uses the most elemental and earthy of media – mud – and makes it seem almost weightless. One amazing new piece that spans the two floors of the gallery is made of thin sheets of white clay inserted along their edges directly into the white walls of the gallery. My cellphone photography doesn't do it justice, alas.
Much of her source material is dug right out of the red earth near her studio and atelier in Mt. Ranier, aptly named Red Dirt. (I can see the back door from my studio) We are fortunate in DC to have a whole lot of exceptionally inventive artists working in ceramic, many of whom were mentored and nurtured at Red Dirt.
Margaret Boozer
