LGBT Heritage Month Sedgwick Guth – Someday I May Know You Very Well Art Exhibition Coming to LA

Scott Roberts Projects is pleased to announce their inaugural exhibition,
featuring works by Sedgwick Guth. In his Los Angeles debut, Guth presents 12 mixed media
paintings, saturated in color and utilizing the folk art traditions of his Pennsylvania Dutch
heritage to create monumental portraits that weave a world of mythology, intimacy, and personal
reinvention.
Guth’s recent work evolved from his experience as a Queer artist exploring the realm of
technology and social media, a land with no rule book. As an observer from the outside looking
in, and yet participating in some of the modern rituals, his work explores his place amongst
modernity as well as his reinterpretation of the motifs and Protestant symbolism dominant in his
Pennsylvania Dutch heritage.
The inclusion of embroidery and sewing in his work is a nod to familial Pennsylvania Dutch
craft and tradition, such as taufscheine frakturs (a colorful, decorative folk art form traditionally
featuring religious, biblical, or nature-based imagery), and mourning embroideries from the early
19th century. Creating his own personal folklore that draws upon astrology and Greek
mythology, as well as his own navigation of romantic and platonic love, sexual capital,
spiritualism, and definition of family.
In these 12 works, Guth creates gentle and mystical environments for his subjects in which he
presents the story of the ‘everyman,’ with his subjects as proxies amongst flowers, stars, and
mystical symbols, ready to be interpreted and experienced.
Sedgwick Guth: Someday I May Know You Very Well explores mystical spaces of embroidery,
color, and esoteric traditions. The exhibition is on view Oct. 3 through Oct 30, 2025. An opening
reception with the artist in attendance will be held Friday, Oct. 3, 6PM – 9PM at Artbug gallery,
2441 Hunter Street Unit C, Los Angeles, CA 90023.