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Visiting Artist Lecture: Dread Scott
September 4, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The School of Art + Art History at the University of Florida is proud to present visiting artist Dread Scott as part of the Fall 2018 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. The Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 6:15PM in Little Hall, Room 101.
The lectures offer the community at large an important opportunity for dialogue about contemporary art and culture in relation to national and international trends.
Dread Scott’s lecture is supported by the School of Art + Art History, and sponsored by the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere.
Dread Scott makes revolutionary art to propel history forward. His work is exhibited across the US and internationally. For three decades he has made work that encourages viewers to re-examine unifying ideals and values of American society. In 1989, the entire US Senate denounced and outlawed one of his artworks, and President G.H.W. Bush declared it “disgraceful” because of its transgressive use of the American flag. His art has been exhibited / performed at the Whitney Museum, MoMA/PS1, the Walker Center and galleries and street corners across the country. His works can be hard-edged and poignant. Dread plays with fire — metaphorically and sometimes literally — as when he burned $171 on Wall Street and encouraged those with money to burn to add theirs to the pyre.