LEONARDO DREW: WORKS ON PAPER
26 August - 1 October 2021
Anthony Meier Fine Arts is pleased to present a selection of new works on paper by Leonardo Drew.
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Known for his abstract sculptural works, Leonardo Drew creates artworks that expand and explode into the space they occupy. Typically working in large scale with raw materials including wood, cotton and scrap metal – all carrying references to America’s past – Drew transforms chaos into balanced order while addressing social and historical topics.
In this suite of new works on paper, Drew employs a similar aesthetic on a smaller scale. Collaged sculptures of plaster bits, paint chunks, cast paper and bundled straw fit neatly into a square frame. The intentional scale and finite border lend order from the outside in, a clear juxtaposition to the familiar expression within.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Leonardo Drew (b. 1961) lives and works in New York, NY. Drew attended Parsons School of Design, New York, NY from 1981 – 82 and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1985 from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY.
Recent solo museum exhibitions include Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy. Drew's work is in the collections of many public institutions, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; and Tate, London.
