This week Monkeywhale and Mark Wagoner Productions joined up (you can call us MWP, in fact) for a very exciting shoot at the Weatherspoon Art Museum documenting the artist Leonardo Drew during the installation of his current touring exhibit, “Existed”. To say we have been inspired by this project is an understatement. The exhibit itself is huge and complex and breathtaking and to get to witness firsthand the artist who created it working closely with the tireless Weatherspoon crew to bring the whole thing to life, has been an amazing experience. We are so thankful to our dear Monkeywhaler Heather who helped get this project underway for us. Heather and her co-workers at the Weatherspoon are a wonderful sight to see in action and we are very grateful to them for putting up with us all week as we attempted to document a process and an artist who are like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Of course we offer special thanks to Leonardo Drew who welcomed us (and our cat Leo) with open arms and has been more thoughtful, kind and gracious than we might have ever hoped for.
Tomorrow night kicks off opening night of the exhibit with a sold-out artist’s lecture at 6pm followed by a reception from 7-9pm. If bad weather keeps you away (which we hope it won’t) the exhibit will be up until May 9th and I promise you that you don’t want to miss it. Be prepared to lose your mind a bit. That’s what it’s all about, right? Here are a few sneak peeks from the last few days. Video coming soon.
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Harvey's Kitchen
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Harvey's Kitchen
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
Leonardo Drew, "Existed", Weatherspoon Art Museum
February 4, 2010 at 10:05 pm
just posted some new photos of our project with artist Leonardo Drew at the Weatherspoon Art Museum http://bit.ly/bacIZS #gso #ncartmuseums
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February 5, 2010 at 12:48 am
beautiful shots, carolyn.
February 6, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Thank you! It was a lovely, lovely week.
February 15, 2010 at 12:38 pm
here are some behind the scenes photos of Leonardo Drew installation at the Weatherspoon http://bit.ly/bacIZS #artists #gso #galleries
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