Untitled

Untitled exemplifies the work for which Drew is best known: wall-bound assemblages comprised of artificially aged and in some cases painted materials, such as thread, yarn, cloth, roots, metal, and paper. Its components appear to have been haphazardly amassed, but the effect is deliberate, not accidental. Untitled is meant to resemble an object much older than it actually is, an object that has survived ages of use. History, not to mention metamorphosis and the cyclical nature of time, are both evoked here. The work is also endowed with a strong physical presence—a voluptuous materiality—that seduces the hand as much as the eye. In this respect, Untitled operates very much in the tradition of Arte Povera and Postminimalism, movements that emerged in the 1960s and changed the course of three dimensional art, as well as Expressionist sculpture and painting.