Leonardo Drew
30 Jan - 06 Mar 2010
LEONARDO DREW
January 30 – March 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 30th, 6-8 pm
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Leonardo Drew, on view from January 30 – March 6, 2010.
Drew is known for his dynamic large-scale sculptural installations, which incorporate created, manipulated and found materials such as paper, wood, tree branches and roots, rust and mud. This exhibition will include several such installations, the scale of which envelop the viewer in a sculptural environment. In addition to the installation work, Drew will also present freestanding sculptures and works on paper.
Leonardo Drew has been making artwork since childhood, first exhibiting his work at the age of 13. He went on to attend the Parsons School of Design and received his BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and art in 1985. Since then, he has shown in a variety of institutions such as The Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, Ireland, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Miami Art Museum, and the St. Louis Art Museum.
After debuting last year at the Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, Drew’s touring mid-career survey Existed: Leonardo Drew will open at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC on February 6th and will be on view through May 9th. A new monograph published by Giles, Ltd., London, in conjunction with the survey is currently available.
Concurrent with Drew’s exhibition, the gallery will be presenting three new large-scale photographic works by Vik Muniz from his series “Pictures of Junk” in the Backspace. Using discarded materials, Muniz composed these images based on 18th and 19th century anatomical studies of human skeletons. Vik Muniz was born in Brazil and currently lives and works in Brazil and Brooklyn. His work is included in the collection of many museums including the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim, Art Institute of Chicago, Centre George Pompidou, Centro Cultural Reina Sofia, and Irish Museum of Modern Art.
January 30 – March 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 30th, 6-8 pm
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Leonardo Drew, on view from January 30 – March 6, 2010.
Drew is known for his dynamic large-scale sculptural installations, which incorporate created, manipulated and found materials such as paper, wood, tree branches and roots, rust and mud. This exhibition will include several such installations, the scale of which envelop the viewer in a sculptural environment. In addition to the installation work, Drew will also present freestanding sculptures and works on paper.
Leonardo Drew has been making artwork since childhood, first exhibiting his work at the age of 13. He went on to attend the Parsons School of Design and received his BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and art in 1985. Since then, he has shown in a variety of institutions such as The Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, Ireland, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Miami Art Museum, and the St. Louis Art Museum.
After debuting last year at the Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, Drew’s touring mid-career survey Existed: Leonardo Drew will open at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC on February 6th and will be on view through May 9th. A new monograph published by Giles, Ltd., London, in conjunction with the survey is currently available.
Concurrent with Drew’s exhibition, the gallery will be presenting three new large-scale photographic works by Vik Muniz from his series “Pictures of Junk” in the Backspace. Using discarded materials, Muniz composed these images based on 18th and 19th century anatomical studies of human skeletons. Vik Muniz was born in Brazil and currently lives and works in Brazil and Brooklyn. His work is included in the collection of many museums including the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim, Art Institute of Chicago, Centre George Pompidou, Centro Cultural Reina Sofia, and Irish Museum of Modern Art.