Haverland, Derek

Derek Haverland is an artist from Chicago, IL. He has his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Selected group exhibitions include: (2009) The Whitman Loft, “Torture, A Lasting Impression,” Chicago, IL; ARC Gallery, “Money, Money, Money,” Chicago, IL; Green Lantern, “Elephants in Small Places,” Chicago, IL. The Art Registry is presenting a selection of glass word sculptures by Haverland. The work explores duality of meaning. The text overlaps creating a physical and interpretive blur. The viewer is forced to focus on one word at a time; yet the viewer can absorb the composition as a whole with its translucency and shadow cast on the surrounding wall.