Video, photography and sculptural installations are only a few of the vehicles that carry the ideas of Los Angeles-based artist Skylar Haskard. In a recent exhibition with the Anna Helwing Gallery in Los Angeles, the artist presented Octagonal Erection, a structure that revolves around other works and acts as a set for a multi-channel video. Some elements of the video depict the artist as an astronaut inside the structure who is repairing and building it from the inside as he scans the apparent outward universe. Haskard overloads most of his installations with information, challenging the viewer in their ability to take in all that the work has to offer. The artist’s constructed works contain a variety of found and re-contextualized materials, making use of many low-cost and accessible resources. Haskard is an MFA graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing. Haskard also received his BFA from the Glasgow School of Art. This year, the artist will exhibit with Transmission Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland.