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Visiting Artist Lecture: Dread Scott

Presented by Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA) at UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), Birmingham AL

Sep 11 2019
Visiting Artist Lecture: Dread Scott

Dread Scott is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is exhibited across the US and internationally. Presented by UAB Dept. of Art and Art History.

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 transgressive use of the American flag while he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. President G.H.W. Bush called his art “disgraceful” and the entire US Senate denounced and outlawed this work.

His work has been included in exhibitions at MoMA PS1, the Walker art Center and the Whitney Museum. In 2012, BAM ... view more »

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