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Upcomming Exhibitions
January 05, 2012
I have work in a two shows opening in New York this month.
Cristin Tierney 546 West 29th Street
Opening: Friday, January 6, 6-8pm. January 6th through February 4th, 2012 Redux
I will be showing Burning the US Constitution. It is the first time this work will be shown.
Redux brings together artists Matt Calderwood, Joe Fig, Malia Jensen, Alois Kronschlaeger, Simon Lee, Dread Scott, and Jean Shin who take a second look at their art through still and moving pictures, reflecting on and re-contextualizing their work.
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Austrian Cultural Forum New York . 11 East 52nd Street
Opening: Monday, January 23, 6-8pm On view January 23rd through April 22nd, 2012 Artists Talk: January 23, 5-6pm
It’s The Political Economy, Stupid
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is presenting an international group exhibition, curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette. The title derives from the slogan which in the early 1990s came to define then presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s campaign, “It’s the economy, stupid”.
Artists: Linda Bilda, Zanny Begg / Oliver Ressler, Julia Christensen, Yevgeniy Fiks / Olga Kopenkina / Alexandra Lernman, FLO6x8, Melanie Gilligan, Jan Peter Hammer, Alicia Herrero, Institute For Wishful Thinking, Isa Rosenberger, Dread Scott
Article about Occupy Wall Street exhibition
November 06, 2011
Screen print, 24 x 18 inches, 2011
Occupy Wall Street has brought a much welcomed breath of fresh air. Kyle Goen and I have created a set of screen prints where we connect some of the aspirations of OWS and some of its roots in the Arab Spring and occupations in Europe. An urgent show that presents responses to Occupy Wall Street is on view at New York University’s Gallatin Galleries. These prints are in the show as well as other work of mine that shows some of the horrors of what American democracy. Hyperallergic blogzine writes about it here.
New interviews and exhibit
October 09, 2011
There are two new interviews with me and my work is in a group show in Brooklyn. Interview number 1 was done by NYFA (the New York Foundation on the Arts). It is part of their ongoing series The Artists Life. Past interviews include Vito Acconci, Kate Gilmore and Kalup Linzy. In my interviews you’ll get to see: a formative photo I took of Punks in a fountain in Trafalgar Square, 45′s from Chicago bands and cameras I used to shoot with. I talk about my Revolutionary Archive paintings and give a tour of Ft. Greene Park. All in about 6 minutes. Hope you like it.
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The show is a 30th anniversary showing at BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn. Details below:
BRIC Rotunda Gallery — 33 Clinton St, Brooklyn, NY
September 15 – October 29, 2011
30: A Brooklyn Salon Celebrating Thirty Years of Contemporary Art
Two very early, rarely shown photos of mine from Chicago Punk rock dance floors will be on view
The second interview is an interview with me and a few other artists from the Rotunda show. You can see it here, on Brooklyn Independent Television
Click on the “30 Years of Contemporary Art” episode.
Rectent articles & interviews
August 20, 2011
Flags are Popular These Days-Pakistan
Liberator magazine, an on and offline magazine, and Hyperallergic, a cutting edge art blog, have each recently published articles about my work. Each article contains interviews with me in addition to writing by the articles authors. The Hyperallergic article discusses Flags are Very Popular These Days, a new project of mine.
International Slavery Museum Lecture
Liverpool, UK
International Slavery Museum
August 23, 2011, 3pm
I’m honored to be invited to Liverpool to be on a panel for Global Slavery Remembrance Day. I will present and discuss some of my art that looks at America as experienced by the descendents of enslaved people. I will also present art that imagines a world without oppression and exploitation.
The other panelists and topics are:
Cecil Gutzmore – Haitian Revolution
Mende Nazer – Domestic Slavery
Dr Mark Ledwidge – Healing After Slavery
More info: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Exhibition, New York
February 28, 2011
New York, New York
Abrons Art Center
March 6, 2011—April 16, 2011
The Days of this Society are Numbered
Inspired by a famous statement by French thinker Guy Debord, proclaiming that THE DAYS OF THIS SOCIETY ARE NUMBERED, this exhibition plays with the notion that at the beginning of the XXI century one is experiencing a period of fin de siècle, in which the state of affairs is questioned and a collective anxiety is emerging, a situation caused by the feeling of political, economic, and cultural crisis that is permeating the Western world and is creating a social entropy.
Artists: caraballo-farman (Argentina-Iran/Canada), Carolina Caycedo (Colombia), Hugo Canoilas (Portugal), Ruth Ewan (UK), John Hawke (US), Kiluanji Kia Henda (Angola), Nadja Marcin (Germany), Takashi Horisaki (Japan), Brooke Singer (US), Dread Scott (US). Curated by Miguel Amado
Dread Scott’s Money to Burn will be on view.
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 6–8 p.m.
Abrons Arts Center / 466 Grand St / New York, NY 10002 / 212.598.0400
Exhibition, Sarasota FL
February 07, 2011
Sarasota, Florida
Ringling College of Art & Design
February 25, 2011—April 2, 2011
Rhythm and Structure: Mathematics, Art and Poetic Reflections
A compilation of 10 two-person exhibitions exploring the connections between math-based art, music, poetry and contemporary society originally curated by mathematician/artist John Sims for the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. The series focuses on the visual language of mathematical ideas and process as a way to explore a spectrum of themes from geometric landscapes to the socio-political.
Featured artists include Sol LeWitt, Karen Findley, John Sims, Dread Scott, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Paulus Gerdes, Ken Hiratsuka, John Hiigli, Vandorn Hinnant, Agnes Denes, Howardena Pindell, Dorothea Rockburne, and Roman Verostko. Original participating poets and performers include: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Tara Betts, Robert Fitterman, Bob Holman, Pooh Kaye, Kristin Prevallet, Stephanie Strickland, Greg Tate and Kelly Tsai.
To stimulate a dialogue around the use of structure and promote reflection via the poetic lens, poets were invited to respond to the work forming the basis of a documentary film and catalog.
Dread Scott’s Poll Dance will be on view.
CURATOR TALK & PREVIEW Thurs., Feb. 24, 7 P.M.
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, 5–7 p.m. [NOTE, Dread Scott will not be present.]
USA Projects supports Revolutionary Archive
December 30, 2010
United States Artist foundation is supporting my new project Revolutionary Archive by including me in their new online community USA Projects, developed to support nationally acclaimed artists.
Revolutionary Archive is a suite of paintings that utilize and transform vintage photographs from the Paris Commune, the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Revolution. This period (1871-1976) profoundly affected the world. We need to re-examine this history and learn from the spirit and vision of the revolutionaries. I recently began working on this project and I’m seeking $8,000 so I can develop it and contribute to an ongoing international conversation in the arts and beyond. For more information, including video of me discussing the work, or to make a donation, see my page on the USA site. I have some great perks available for anyone that’s interested in supporting me in this effort. If you know people who would like this, please spread the word.
FYI United States Artists is an independent arts foundation and is not affiliated with the US government—I haven’t sold out and started singing the praises of the US empire at the behest of the State Department. USA Projects is a community where recognized artists and those that love and support them can share their latest work, discover new artists, enter into a dialog with each other, and make direct donations (all of which are tax deductible) to new projects created by each artist. So in addition to supporting me, I hope you will join this community and help it grow.
Thanks for your support.
Video of It’s Right to Rebel
October 29, 2010
It’s Right to Rebel, my show at Hofstra University (info below), is closing Monday, November 1. So I’m enticing you to go see it before it closes by posting a 2 minute video of me walking through the show and discussing some of the works. And if you aren’t in the area, this is a good way to see the show without all those messy plane fares and hotel reservations. See the video here.
News
September 28, 2010
UPCOMING
SEPTEMBER
Hempsted, New York (Long Island) September 22, 2010 – November 1, 2010 It’s Right to Rebel
Solo exhibition at Hofstra University. Opening reception: September 29 2:00 pm
It’s Right to Rebel includes paintings, videos and prints. Most of the work is new has never been exhibited before. Five paintings transform archival photographs from the Cultural Revolution (China 1966-1976). Using enlarged Xerox transfers of the photographs, they depict the practice of covering walls with diazabao, “big character posters,” widely used by ordinary people during the Cultural Revolution to contribute to a society-wide struggle over the society’s direction. The paintings excavate a hidden history, highlighting the breadth of the rebellion even though the particular content of the historic writing is obscured.
Hofstra University Rosenberg Gallery, Calkins Hall Hempstead, NY 11549
New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, September 27, 2010 I will be giving a lecture in New Orleans. Please write for details if you are interested.
OCTOBER
New York, New York Monday, October 25, 2010 I will be giving a lecture at NYU. Please write for details if you are interested.
NOVEMBER New York, New York Ordinary Torture CANCELED This show was to be at John Jay college. For reasons beyond my control the show has been canceled.
FEBRUARY Sarasota, Florida February Rhythm of Structure Ringling University
Previous exhibitions and projects
SEPTEMBER
New York, New York September 9, 2009 I Am Not a Man Outdoor performance on 125th St. in Harlem, NY. It begins on the corner of 125th & St. Nicholas at 12:30pm This is part of a suite of street performances happening in September & October. info: I Am Not a Man
NOVEMBER
Philadelphia, PA November 10, 2009 Artists talk and panel discussion on ...Or Does it Explode? The Galleries at Moore (Moore College of Art) 1916 Race Street Reception 5:30pm-6:30pm Panel discussion 6:30pm-8:00pm Panelists: Dread Scott, Judge Kevin Dougherty, Jane Golden, Jennie Shanker; moderator: Janet Kaplan
JANUARY
New York, New York January 15, 2010 – February 8, 2010 You Lie! Dread Scott & Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery Poll Dance is on view
ONGOING
Philadelphia, PA May 7, 2009 – November, 2009 …Or Does it Explode? Vine street between 18th street & 19th street This is a public art project. Click here for details.
