Wrightwood 659 Presents Scott Burton: Shape Shift - Picture Preview A spokesperson describes the event as follows: “...Scott Burton: Shape Shift examines the legacy of Scott Burton (1939–1989), an American original whose wi

Sculptor, performance artist, choreographer and more-- no limits to his creativity. Click the Picture This Post picture preview link below to see many images from this exhibit.

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Scott Burton’s Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer Paradigm-shifter for public art in the ’80s, groundbreaking (and openly queer) performance artist in the ’70s, Burton showed new ways of connecting.

The book for the Scott Burton show at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation lands in September! Scott Burton: Shape Shift, by Jess Wilcox & Heather Alexis Smith; w contributions by @getdavid.bsky.social , Darling Green, Brendan Fernandes, Gordon Hall, & Kathy Halbreich. #scottburton

Scott Burton’s Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer Paradigm-shifter for public art in the ’80s, groundbreaking (and openly queer) performance artist in the ’70s, Burton showed new ways of connecting.

Good @nytimes.com review of #scottburton exh, but it misquotes my claim that the "sculptures perform as furniture." (inverted in the review) There is a difference. Maybe this just matters to me, but it's key to the works' complexity and their roots in queer experience
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/a...

Racing Post: "CHEERS RING IN RETURN OF JUMP RACING TO WINDSOR"
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Crowds expected to flock to Windsor as jump racing returns to Thameside venue for the first time since 2005.
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Scott Burton Left His Legacy to MoMA. Today’s He’s Almost Forgotten. Scott Burton, one of America’s leading sculptors, entrusted his estate to the museum in 1989, when he was sick with AIDS, to ensure his place in art history. It turned out to be a bad idea.

I've always wanted to be part of a band... "Decades later, an unlikely band of curators, scholars, and artists — many of whom never knew Burton personally — have become so invested in him that they are refusing to let his work fade into obscurity." #scottburton
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/a...