Throughout history, conservatives have consistently targeted artists creating works outside of their agenda.
Dread Scott
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How Long Must We Sing This Song?
Dread Scott channels Nina Simone through works that sing of pain and endurance.
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Dread Scott’s Visual Ballad to Nina Simone
The artist talks to Hyperallergic ahead of his New York exhibition Goddam.
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The Problems and Pleasures of an Activist Art Exhibition
I am often skeptical of protest art behind glass, yet I still cannot deny the pleasure of experiencing politically charged artworks in a venue making the effort.
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Dread Scott Celebrates a Long-forgotten Rebellion as a Moment of Resilience
Merging past and present Scott magnifies what has been reduced in American history to a plaque on a highway.
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Marches Can Only Come and Go: The Reality of Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion”
In highlighting a neglected piece of history that struck fear in the hearts of white enslavers, Scott made a statement about who gets to mine our history, simultaneously prompting questions about intentions, impact, and praxis.
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Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion” Promises an Empowering Take on the Historical Reenactment Trope
In 1811, hundreds of enslaved people marched through Louisiana chanting “freedom or death.” While their oft-forgotten journey ended in massacre, artist Dread Scott spent six years organizing a reenactment to celebrate the legacy of their courage, to be staged November 8-9.
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What Revolution Might Look Like
This show is different from many of the previous at the 8th Floor gallery precisely because it is so intertwined with the theme of voices and their sounds.
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A Famous Anti-Slavery Speech Finds New Life in Brooklyn
“A Time for Seditious Speech” aims to show that speech can serve as a call to direct action, sometimes even violence.
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Dread Scott Reenacts a Slave Revolt to Radically Reconsider Freedom
Scott’s project reenacts the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in North American history.
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The Political Problems of the Contemporary “Flâneur”
An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation uses the theme of the contemporary flânuer to draw connections to its 19th-century collection, but the concept is deeply muddled.
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A Showing of Art World Solidarity on Inauguration Day
Far from serving as an excuse for self-pity or left melancholy, the Occupy Museums event was an effective counter-inaugural: a ceremony marking a wider commitment to shared struggle.
