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William Scott
Edited by Nicola Wright
Published by Lenz Press, Milan; Malmö Konsthall; and Studio Voltaire, London, 2022
Covering the past thirty years of William Scott’s practice, this monograph offers the largest comprehensive selection of paintings, drawings, masks and architectural models, as well as an unique insight on his creative and transformative approach.
Over the past thirty years, Scott has developed his own artistic practice while working at Creative Growth, an art center in Oakland—just outside San Francisco—where people with development disabilities are given the opportunity to work and advance creatively as artists. Combining image and text, his colourful paintings tie in stylistically with current popular culture.
Scott’s vividly graphic and highly detailed paintings, drawings, and sculptures explore the intersections of community, cultural memory, faith, and science fiction. “Rebirth” is a constant subject for the artist, who reimagines the social topography of his native San Francisco as well as new, interstellar organizations. His portraits depict family members and neighbors, and celebrate Black actors, musicians, and civil rights leaders. For Scott, painting is a transformative as well as a documentary tool; a way to re-craft his personal narrative and even undertake extraordinary acts.
This monograph is published by Lenz Press in tandem with the first survey presentation of Scott’s work, a collaboration between Studio Voltaire and Mälmo Konsthall.
Contributors
Carson Cole ArthurNana Biamah-Ofosu
Helen Delaney
Tom di Maria
Simona Dumitriu
Nathan Hamelberg
Kathleen Henderson
Matthew Higgs
William Scott
Nicola Wright
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Design: Lorenzo Mason StudioPhotos: Graham Pearson; Courtesy Studio Voltaire