Peter Minshall's Carnival Drawings

Looking at the Spirits: Peter Minshall's Carnival Drawings
September 17 – October 29, 2005

Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 6:00–8:00 pm

Live Performance by the Sesame Flyers Steel Orchestra
The opening reception for Looking at the Spirits Peter Minshall's Carnival Drawings will feature a performance by a popular local group of young Trinidadian musicians.
Friday, September 16, 7:00–8:00 pm
Rain date: Saturday, September 17, 5:00–6:00 pm

Gallery Talk with the artist and curators
Peter Minshall, Luis Camnitzer, and Todd Gulick
Saturday, September 17, 4:00 pm
Free Admission
http://www.drawingcenter.org/public_programs.htm#minshall

The Drawing Room is located directly across the street from The Drawing Center at 40 Wooster Street.
http://www.drawingcenter.org/directions.htm



The acclaimed Trinidadian artist Peter Minshall, works in the medium of mas, the costumed performance portion of Carnival. This exhibition of hundreds of small sketches will convey the artist's intensive cumulative process of preparatory drawing as he envisions a full troupe of costumed performers in motion. Minshall has created scenarios for dozens of performances with hundreds of people, including Carnival and the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah (2002