Blues for the Middle Passage I

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John T. Scottn

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• n 1988n

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• n Offset Lithograph;Collage;Constructionn

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• n Image/sheet: 30 1/4 x 20 1/4″n

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• n 27 prints in this editionn

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About the Print

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Blues for the Middle Passage I, 1988 was created by John T. Scott, a sculptor, painter, and graphic artist from New Orleans. In an edition of 50, it is a color offset lithograph, collage (wire, foam core, and plastic), and construction. It is printed on two die-cut sheets with extensions interlaced through slits to create dimensionality and kinetic forms. Seven hand-drawn mylars were used to create the image. One sheet is printed in three colors, while the other is printed in four colors. The works of John T. Scott depict themes of African American life, Afro-Caribbean culture, and the music culture of his hometown of New Orleans. His work is best known for its use of unusual and experimental materials. To create his prints, Scott used chainsaws, spoons, traditional wood carving tools, kitchen knives, and a variety of other readily available tools.
_{— Adapted from Brandywine Workshop and Archives records and “Fresh, Human and Personal: Signature of Brandywine Workshop,” Three Decades of American Printmaking: The Brandywine Workshop Collection (Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills Press, 2004)}

“In the African-American community, he was the first to be embraced by the white world. He was an artist of prominence that could rival anyone in the city. He became the role model, the pinnacle that all of us strove to be like.” — artist Willie Birch, on John T. Scott

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John T. Scottn

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nBorn June 30, 1940 innNew Orleans, LA

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About the Artist

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John T. Scott was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist born in New Orleans, LA. He earned a BA at Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, and an MFA from Michigan State University, East Lansing, where he studied under painter Charles Pollock. He taught at Xavier University for 40 years.

His works are in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, Xavier University of Louisiana Art Collections and Gallery, Loyola University, and Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, all in New Orleans; Louisiana State University’s Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Scripps College, Claremont, CA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Fisk University, Nashville, TN; and Baltimore Museum of Art, MD.

Among awards and honors received by Scott are a grant to study under sculptor George Rickey; an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Michigan State University; an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Tulane University, New Orleans; and a MacArthur Fellowship (“Genius Grant”) from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
_{—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records}