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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

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