Exhibitions 2011

Site Aperture

Margaret Boozer, Mia Feuer, Talia Greene and Mariah Anne Johnson
curated by Danielle O’Steen
September 30 – November 5, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, September 30, 6 – 8 p.m.

Margaret Boozer, Mia Feuer, Talia Greene and Mariah Anne Johnson create site-specific installations at Flashpoint Gallery. The artists, while sharing similar conceptual interests in site and installation, work in divergent materials ranging from dirt and Styrofoam to wall paper and bed sheets.



Panel Discussion: Saturday, October 29, 2 p.m.
with artists and curator Danielle O’Steen

Flashpoint Gallery
916 G St NW, Washington DC 20001
http://www.flashpointdc.org/venues/art_gallery.html

Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 p.m.
OR BY APPOINTMENT
     
202.315.1310

Washington City Paper review
Washinton Post review
Washington Post slide show


Line Drawing
soils from site between 9th and 11th Streets, H Street and New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
59’ x 1’ x 4”
Steel and Plexiglas ramps, video*

Line Drawing from the interior of the gallery, ending with Cretaceous period wood, representing a depth of 59 feet.

steel and Plexi ramp covering pyrite (about 50 feet down)


artist statement:

Curator Danielle O'Steen invited 4 artists to create site specific works for the Flashpoint Gallery. As a clay artist, I was interested in looking at what was under the floor. I got soil and boring logs from a construction site one block north of Flashpoint, allowing me to create a line of earth down the length of the gallery reflecting, foot for foot, what is likely under the ground on that site.

Thank you to Paul Germain from Clark Construction, and my amazing soil science team...Dr. Del Fanning, Dr. Marty Rabenhorst and Dr. Ed Landa.



*video link: http://gallery.me.com/margaretboozer#101743

construction site between 9th and 11th Streets, H Street and New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC



Paul Germain, site manager and Dr. Del Fanning, soil scientist looking at a clay bank.



one of many boring logs from site, and my template for Line Drawing.



Me, Paul, and Dr. Dirt (Del Fanning) post dig...