Washington Sculptors Group and the WPA present
AQUIFER
Curated by Deborah McLeod and J.W. Mahoney

A survey of artists who explore the significance of water, articulating its aesthetic and spiritual qualities, highlighting an understanding of its science, and intensifying society's political awareness.

Because water has so many dynamic physical properties such as transpiration, evaporation, capillary action, conductivity, surface tension, and thermal transference, along with its biblical, poetic, romantic, divination and salvation themes, the curators feel that water’s inspirational potency is almost unlimited. Accordingly, we’re assembling an exhibition of sculptures by artists who are particularly compelled to address the physical, psychological, metaphysical, and aesthetic qualities of water. Deborah McLeod and J.W. Mahoney are two seasoned curators who have long shared a particular interest in water themes. J.W. Mahoney has regularly engaged the symbolic qualities of natural forces, in both writings and exhibitions, and Ms. McLeod is currently producing a film titled "Purification" on the ancient connection between river baptisms and the assignation of the natural feature as a source of reconciliation with the sublime. A color catalogue of the exhibit along with essays from the curators will be published.

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