Andrew Sgarlat

Posted: August 6th, 2010 | Author: David | Filed under: The Latest | Tags: Andrew Sgarlat | Comments Off

We received Andrew’s work via email. He sent photographs of his paintings to our website. Andrew paints everyday objects – phonebooks, GPS printouts, maps. He tries to re-understand these objects as illusory. He notes, “Through painting objects that are both read as flat images (photography/print) and images with dimension (a calendar or book) one can make a distinction between our imagined reality prompted by a reproduction. The subject of my work is about the presence of objects existing in their own right apart from the mind. There exists a form of looking where we stop seeing our illusions; where our seeing eclipses our thinking or cultural references, a slow shift in the mind where the tunnel vision of symbols and ideas dissolve.”

Blogging the Biennial

Michael Rushmore is a sophomore with no definite major. Outside of class, he spends an inordinate amount of his free time looking at photographs of murals and graffiti. His favorite museum is the American Folk Art Museum.

Aubree Penneyis a junior Religion and English double major who dabbles in Classics. She happily divides her time between ancient texts and contemporary art and Co-Manages the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery. Her favorite day of the week is Tuesday.

Rachel Lim is a senior double-majoring in Political Science and Linguistics. Art, music, and Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux Cookies are a few of her favorite things.

David Richardson is a senior English major at Haverford College. He worked under Exhibits Coordinator Matthew Callinan during curator Harrell Fletcher's site visit to Haverford in the summer 2010.