Living in a 3-D Canvas
Here’s the home of the artist Sean Scherer, who lived in downtown Manhattan and witnessed 9/11. Traumatized by the experience, he couldn’t paint for a few years. He moved to upstate New York, where his home became his canvas. Throughout, Scherer pairs two-dimensional artworks with tableaux of his own design. Here he displays various anatomical models of human hearts in front of an Andres Serrano photograph and a salvaged Ionic column. On the table below the skull still life you can see Scherer’s artwork.
by Tony Cenicola for the New York Times
Educational posters grace a golden wall, with Scherer’s collection of mid-Century ceramics—many by Gunnar Nylund. Notice how their colors and shapes are reflected in the pulley diagram.
by Tony Cenicola for the New York Times
Pages from a guide book identifying the birds of New York state paper the walls, surrounding a birdcage sculpture by the Brazilian artist Vik Muniz.
by Tony Cenicola for the New York Times
