Dread Scott Public Lecture
Dread Scott, What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag? 1988; Silver gelatin print, US flag, book, pen, shelf, audience; 80 x 28 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist’s website.
Dread Scott (BFA 1989) will be returning to SAIC to give a lecture sponsored by SAIC’s Office of Multicultural Affairs. The year Scott graduated from SAIC the entire US senate repudiated his piece What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag? with George Bush, Sr calling it “disgraceful.”
In the intervening decades Scott has continued to make work that impels viewers to question societal norms, values, and assumptions. Help us welcome him back to SAIC for a lively conversation about his life and work.
Monday, February 15, 6:00–8:00 p.m. MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave.