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| | ARTIST NAME: | Scott, Mary | | ACCESSION NUMBER: | 2005.014.001 | | TITLE: | IMAGO [X]
URVERDRANGUNG: REFOULEMENT "TRANSLATABLE" <> | | DATE: | 1988 | | CATEGORY: | Fibre | | MEDIUM: | silk organza, rhoplex, wax, goldleaf, silverleaf, silk threads | | DIMENSIONS: | Actual: 283.2 x 201.3 cm (111 1/2 x 79 1/4 in.) | | COLLECTION: | Alberta Foundation for the Arts |
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| | OTHER HOLDINGS: | Scott, Mary | | ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Mary Scott’s art practice includes painting, fibre, new media, and computer programming. She expresses theories of language, feminist criticism, and psychoanalysis through her art. She uses text and image to demonstrate how language plays a role in the construction of identity.
Scott received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. As a student, she questioned the traditional processes and materials of paintings, and in her refusal to accept the paintbrush as the medium’s only viable tool, Scott chose to paint with a syringe and explored alternative surfaces. She began incorporating text into her thickly applied acrylic paintings in 1977, and began incorporating fragments from the writings of Gertrude Stein in her work. By the early 80’s, Scott began to include other text from feminist psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism, and literature.
Scott was one of the founders and early co-directors of Stride Gallery in Calgary, and was director of the dl Gallery in Calgary in the late 80’s. She also worked in the Media Arts and Digital Technology department at the Alberta College of Art and Design.
Scott has participated in a variety of group exhibitions throughout Canada, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Power Plant in Toronto, and Gallery One One One in Winnipeg. Her work is in major public collections in the country including the Glenbow Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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