The Gallery on Main has been in Richmond for 14 years, but one piece in its most recent exhibition might have sparked the greatest amount of curiosity in the gallery's history.
Erica Chambers, the chair of the gallery, told the Richmond Register that people would come in off of the street to ask about a 19-foot long canoe that was being installed in the space.
That piece, created by Frankie Froggett and Richmond's Harry ‘2D’ Irwin, is a key part of the gallery's newest show, ‘Shaped by Water’, which opened on Tuesday, June 9, with a reception from 5:30 until 7:00 pm. The gallery used social media to promote the event and no doubt built on this by using printing services.
The canoe was created from a single log measuring 24 feet in length. Froggett handled the bulk of the carving of the canoe using a chainsaw, hand adze, and foot adze to shape it and create the eagle's head at the base of the boat. Irwin assisted with design and helped carve the eagle's head. It took the men more than two years to complete, during which they spent more than 200 hours on the project.
While the canoe might have drawn in plenty of passersby, it was not the only thing on display in the gallery. More than 20 artists from around the region submitted their work to the show, which runs through August 3.
