Nathan Scherrer: Untitled Self 2

Nathan Scherrer, Untitled Self 2, 2020 Acrylic and Sharpie on paper 48,3 x 61 cm

Nathan Scherrer converted his spare bedroom in his Los Angeles apartment into an art studio before the first Covid lockdown of 2020, after which he proceeded to spend all his nights creating work. He expanded on a series of drawings and paintings that resemble Polaroid photos, except elongated and rectangular. Untitled (Self 2) is a reversed silhouette of a person, ochre yellow against a black, green background … a dark void. The text that Scherrer includes reflects on the ambiguous nature of solitude or isolation. An ocean away, in these first months of confinement in Paris, Scherrer shared with me his output of drawings and paintings. It was encouraging to share artwork at that time and speaks to possibilities for connection through art even while physically isolated from people.