"Confronting displaced feelings of a profoundly dangerous sort, Dread Scott achieves the show's most dramatic moment. "Jasper the Ghost" is a memorial to James Byrd, the black man who was dragged to his death in Jasper Tex., in 1998. Made of found materials, it uses telephone poles, chains, animal bones, and a truck fender with a Texas license plate to delineate an immense rectilinear volume -- a horrible emptiness -- in a way that is casual, pitiless and for all its obviousness, quite resonant"
Roberta Smith, "Stretching Definitions of Outdoor Sculpture," The New York Times, 7/28/00,

"The most forthright political statement though, is Dread Scott's "Enduring Freedom," an installation modeled on the shrines seen throughout the city in the wake of Sept. 11, but in this case dedicated to the memory of women and children killed in the war in Afghanistan, whose lives remain, at least in this part of the world, largely unmourned and unrecorded."
Holland Cotter, "Amid the Ashes, Creativity" The New York Times, 2/1/02,
Good roundup of several exhibitions taking September 11 as a theme.

Mr. Scott's documentary photographs of young people in unidentified housing projects are surprisingly upbeat, showing a vitality that seems to fly in the face of social injustice and signifying a positive force that has the potential to overcome the very real prejudice that he despises.
Hellen A. Harrison, "Signifyin," The New York Times, 11/27/94

And then let's use that knowledge to make art that more powerfully illuminates this era and helps the people to propel history forward.
Revolution Online:Dread Scott: Making Art and Revolution
The RW Interview. Dread Scott: Making Art and Revolution.
Michael Slate. Revolutionary Worker June 17, 2001
Good long recent interview with me and includes lots of pictures.

"Following in the footsteps of his namesake, photographer and sculptor Dread Scott is battling for human rights--all the way to the Supreme Court. Armed with only art materials, Brooklyn photographer and artist Dread Scott has received death threats by those threatened by the politics of his art."
Ericka Blount-Danois, "Prisoner of War," One World, June/July 2002
An article with portions of an interview with Dread Scott. Reproductions of three works.

Lois Martin, "The Direction of Cloth: the Horizontal Dimension" Surface Design, Winter 2002
Good reproductions of several works and an interesting article examining fine artists who use the horizontal plane in their work

William Zimmer, "Strong Statements in a Serene Setting," New York Times, 12/3/00, sec 14.
Full page review of "Black and Blue: Examples of Police Violence" a group exhibition at Wesleyan University.

Kay Bourne, "Photographer's Exhibit Chronicles Plight of Prisoners," The Bay State Banner, Vol. 35, No. 41.

Lilly Wie, Art In America, "On Nationality: 13 Artists," September 1991
Fairly long interview that details the controversy surrounding "What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?"

"There is no question that mounting Scott's piece is a coup. This flag made art history. The strength of Scott's flag, however, still lies in it's interactive potential as a performance piece. The visuals are only the trigger; the heart of the art lies in viewers' actions and their written responses."
Elizabeth Hess, "NY to Helms: Drop Dead," The Village Voice, 10/24/89
Article on a show of banned art that included What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?.

Elizabeth Hess, "Capture the Flag", The Village Voice, 4/4/1989, Very long and very good story. Best coverage of the controversy surrounding What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?

Holland Cotter, "Art in Review: Dead Time = Tiempo Muerto," New York Times, 10/8/99,

Nick Charles, "From Opinion to Censorship," New York Daily News, November 30, 1994

Nick Charles, "Lame Excuses for Censorship," New York Daily News, June 30, 1994

Nick Charles , "Probing Histories & Conflict," New York Daily News, February 11, 1994

Richard Hefter, "What is the Proper Way to Display the American Flag?," SPIN, June 1989

Dread Scott, "Speakeasy," New Art Examiner, June, 1989
Here are my thoughts on the controversy and the stakes and the battle over my flag art. Get it straight from the horse’s mouth at the time of the controversy.

Artnet News 4/6/00