Dread Scott
Born:
Chicago, USA (Chicago is the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, or the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Nations consider this area their traditional homeland)
Lives in:
Brooklyn, USA (Brooklyn is situated on the unceded homeland of the Lenape people, part of what was once known as "Lenapehoking" or the Land of the Lenape)
Dread Scott is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, USA whose art encourages viewers to re-examine ideals of American society. In 1989 the US Senate outlawed his artwork and President George H. W. Bush declared it ‘disgraceful’ because of its transgressive use of the American flag. Says Scott, ‘I make revolutionary art to propel history forward. I look towards an era without exploitation or oppression. I don’t accept the political structures, economic foundation, social relations and governing ideas of America.’