Stephen Lee Scott: Beauty and Other Forms of Violence

While Scott’s artistic interest and practice reference formal classical portraiture, his interpretation of the subjects is based on aesthetic features which often challenge the norms of acceptable social behaviour. The installation of portraiture drawings of historical and invented characters is also reminiscent of rogues gallery; a collection of photographed “mug shot” images of individuals of shady or questionable character. Scott’s incorporation of cryptic symbols that adorn the figures offers the viewers a glimpse into the lives and spectacles of these obscure personages within a broader context of plausible, yet incomplete and fragmented narratives.

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