Dorion Scott

Independent

Title: Crowned Halo (source: a vintage postcard from France 21st century)

Dimensions: 18” x 18” x 1.75”

Medium: Glass, metal on organza and wooden support

Value: $1,250

Date: 2023

"With references to historical sources, paintings, architecture, and contemporary art, this series of contemplative and quiet pieces form a cohesive and conceptually strong body of work. As studies of light, Dorion Scott’s artworks attempt to capture and put into physical form the immaterial. It is by the hand of the artist in reproducing halos found in the art of the Madonna through beadwork, thread, and textiles, that we can also make connections to the historical invisibility of women’s labour and by extension craft. The strength and beauty of these minimalist artworks lies not just in the considered choice of materials, colours, compositions, and process, but also in Scott’s skill in creating an experience for the viewer today that echoes how one may have felt viewing a Botticelli, a Rauschenberg, a Cassatt, a Saville, an Emin, etc. in their times."