Joyce J. Scott: Declarations
Mercer
Art@Bainbridge
Spanning the career of Baltimore artist Joyce J. Scott, this exhibition showcases her intricate sculptural beadwork to create compelling, timely “declarations” connecting past and present themes of gun violence, misogyny, and racial injustice.
Joyce J. Scott, Fairy Tale, from the series Graphic Novel (detail), 2019–20. Courtesy Goya Contemporary & Goya-Girl Press. © Joyce J. Scott
An exhibition celebrating the artist’s materially rich, multilayered, genre-defying work and her commitment to free expression, presented on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
This exhibition spans the career of the renowned Baltimore artist Joyce J. Scott, whose multimedia practice is deeply rooted in her African American ancestry and in global craft traditions. Joyce J. Scott: Declarations showcases the artist’s intricate sculptural beadwork, which she often combines with handblown glass, quilting, and found objects. Approaching charged themes such as gun violence, misogyny, and racial injustice with both humor and horror, Scott choreographs narratives that are as disturbing and personal as they are beautiful and universal. This exhibition of Scott’s compelling and timely “declarations” connects past and present and casts a powerful lens on the presence of slavery at Bainbridge House during the time of the American Revolution.