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,
wo... Read more
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.
