Leonardo Drew
Leonardo Drew (American, b. 1961). Number 215B, 2020. Wood, paint, sand. Size variable. Installation view, Bellevue Arts Museum, 2023. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer
In Number 215B, shards of wood splinter across the wall, jutting out with ragged edges as if frozen, mid-explosion, recalling the wreckage wrought by the “natural” disasters prevalent in our changing climate. The assemblage appears to be composed of found materials splotched with paint, perhaps the remnants of recent tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires. In actuality, the sculptural relief is painstakingly made from new, raw materials that Drew has conditioned to appear time-worn. He
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