09/18/2024
We’re excited to have the luminous encaustic and collage works of Margaret Noel in the project room until Oct. 12!
Margaret documents the reconstruction of communities affected by disasters, both natural and manmade, in her current series, “Shelter”. Her process begins with initial plein air drawings created on site as communities start to rebuild. These drawings are highly detailed and serve as source material for her encaustic wax paintings that strip the buildings down to simplified architectural shapes, underlining the fragility of the infrastructure that all communities rely upon for shelter and safety. She explains that vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure is especially visible in areas under pressure from repeated climate events and seismic activity, but they can also be rendered suddenly obvious when a familiar building or bridge collapses due to a hidden flaw or neglected maintenance.
Wednesday, Sept. 11 —Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday, 10am–4pm
The Mueller Gallery
Caldwell University
120 Bloomfield Ave.
Caldwell, NJ 07006
&design