Gretchen Scherer’s paintings of interiors are reimagined depictions of museum collections painstakingly represented in miniature form. Each painting features masterworks displayed Salon-style reminiscent of 18th-century exhibitions. However, Scherer doesn’t simply replicate each masterwork. Her idiosyncratic depictions of paintings, sculptures and furniture give each artwork a new life, and even a sense of humor. After thoroughly researching a museum collection online, Scherer picks her favorite artworks and “displays” them in a carefully selected room of the museum. The room itself may also be altered. Playing the role of curator, the artist lovingly scrutinizes a museum collection and space by envisioning it anew.

’Scherer’s painting becomes a joyful meditation on time passing, as well as an acknowledgement of one’s insignificance in the face of time’s indifference. If stars were once signs of infinity, resulting in a sense of consistency (which is a kind of heaven in itself), the plethora of disposable images streaming into our lives from multiple sources conveys a state of constant, agitated change and impermanence.