Creative Growth is pleased to participate in the Independent Art Fair this year, with a solo presentation of work by William Scott. The selection includes new large paintings and a small edition of prints published by Paulson Fontaine Press.
Independent Art Fair
September 10–12, 2021
Online viewing room September 9-26, 2021
Battery Maritime Building
10 South Street, New York, NY 10004
A self-taught artist, Scott’s practice imagines alternative realities that stem from a fundamental belief in the potential for positive human transformation. While deeply rooted in personal history, Scott’s paintings address wider questions of citizenship, community, and cultural memory. His portrait series of predominantly Black figures encompasses actors, musicians, politicians, and civil rights leaders, as well as self-portraits, family members, and women from the Baptist church he has attended since childhood. Frequently describing himself as an architect, Scott reinvents the social topography of gentrified San Francisco, which emerges as the utopian ‘Praise Frisco’ in works that combine architectural design with civic responsibility. The proposals for new buildings, neighborhoods, and community centers describe his compelling desire for a more equitable society. While Scott’s paintings are hopeful and sincere, they equally confront loss and contemplate ideas of renewal and rebirth. His long-standing ‘Inner Limits’ series takes the form of spaceships that are designed to resurrect the dead to start new lives and bring peace to the earth via ‘Wholesome Encounters.’ Exhibited for the first time at Independent, Scott’s most recent Inner Limits painting depicts timeless and fresh-faced passengers being guided by a young Diana Ross, to deliver a truly harmonious and diverse society.
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