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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Leonardo Drew: Number 235T

Leonardo Drew, Number 235T (detail), 2023.

3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States

“Drew expands upon the implicit connections between sculpture and installation while invoking painting, industrial design, and vernacular aesthetics,” writes Matthew Bourbon in a recent issue of Artforum. Growing up in the projects of Bridgeport, Connecticut, near the city dump, Leonardo Drew spent a lot of time watching mountains of trash burn. He never forgot the vision—in fact, his work is infused with it. Drew often transforms and combines various materials in his large-scale installations, a reflection on the cycle of life and death. In his new site-specific piece for the Amon Carter Museum, Drew positions small and midsize objects—he calls them “planets”—on four walls. Together the planets create a cosmos of high-velocity mayhem and even deeper order. —Jeanne Malle

Photo: © Leonardo Drew/courtesy of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas