Lots of what are actually public museums had been as soon as the non-public properties and collections of the rich and titled. From the Palace of Aranjuez—nonetheless a royal residence in Spain—to the baroque artwork and gardens of Isola Bella in Italy, Gretchen Scherer captures beautiful salon-style galleries and historic interiors in vibrant, intricately detailed work (beforehand).
In her solo exhibition, Looking for an Exit at Monya Rowe Gallery, Scherer continues to discover artwork historic locations all over the world. Calling on reminiscence, escapism, and the romance of grand buildings, she transforms ornate halls, drawing rooms, and wunderkammers into inviting, enlivened areas.
Scherer references pictures of museums, generally re-imagining historic, black-and-white imagery into colourful compositions, such because the 1914 eating room at Trubetskoy Palace, Moscow.
The works lining the corridor comprise the holdings of Sergei Skchukin, a Russian businessman, whose artwork assortment was nationalized after the 1917 Bolshevik rebellion. In the present day, these items are distributed amongst state museums.
Scherer’s work welcome us to exceptional locations across the globe, a lot of which we might not be capable to go to. By means of intimate particulars, like a serviette draped over the sting of a desk or a chair pulled out as if somebody has simply left, the artist attracts foremost upon every location’s id as a lived-in place.
Looking for an Exit opens right this moment and continues via November 23. Discover extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
