PRAISE FRISCO: RESURRECTION BY DESIGN
ABOUT THE INSTALLATION
WILLIAM SCOTT
BORN 1964, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; ACTIVE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
Since he was a child, William Scott’s art has reimagined San Francisco as an inclusive utopia. Rendering architecture, urban plans, and social systems that counter violence, poverty, and illness, Scott proposes audacious futures intended to heal fractured communities. Praise Frisco: Resurrection by Design foregrounds Scott’s work as a designer, living with autism and a diagnosis of schizophrenia, through a collection of architectural models, paintings, graphic logos, letters, and plans that span three decades of advocacy for sites such as Hunters Point, where Scott was raised; Fox Plaza, a multiuse development slated for demolition; and San Francisco General Hospital, where Scott has received treatment. The artist draws these spaces repeatedly from memory, each time redesigning the site with amenities to revive body and soul. Through lavish balconies, pools, gospel centers, generous public goods, and his Skyline Friendly Organizations that resurrect wholesome citizens, Scott challenges the status quo while shaking loose profit-driven urban development strategies. Praise Frisco demonstrates Scott’s evolving multimedia practice, while debuting two new large-scale paintings and experiments with digital rendering software.
This installation is made possible with additional support from Creative Growth Art Center.
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