The Wayland Rudd Collection, 2014
Internationale Shall Be (left)
2014
Acrylic and Xerox transfer
30 x 22 inches
Constitution of the USSR (right)
2014
Acrylic and Xerox transfer
30 x 22 inches
I will make one or two paintings based directly on images from the archive. I will “edit” them so that it either removes all the images of black/African diasporan people, leaving white holes in the their absence. Or I will remove all the images except that of black/ people from the African diaspora, leaving black people isolated and floating in white space. I am likely to use the Valentin Polyakov painting from 1950.
BIO:
Dread Scott makes revolutionary art to propel history forward. He first received national attention in 1989 when his art became the center of controversy over its use of the American flag while he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This work was denounced by President G.H.W. Bush and outlawed by Congress. His art has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA/PS1, the Contemporary Art Museum Houston, and at the Pori Art Museum in Finland. In 2012, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) presented his performance Dread Scott: Decision. He is a recipient of a Creative Capital Foundation grant and Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum and the Arkon Art Museum. He works in a range of media including installation, photography, screen printing, video and performance.
Photo: Etienne Frossard