Judith Scott was born in 1943and died in 2005. Throughout her life she was isolated by down syndrome and profound deafness.
Scott was placed in Creative Growth, the first center in the world dedicated to supporting artists with disabilities.
Scott was slow starting, lacking interest for a couple of years till she was introduced to fiber art were her passion textiles begun.
Her work reflects little cultural input being souly the expression of her creative mind. She challenges the idea of art, not having any formal education, or qualifications, or aspiration to be an artist,
she simple gathers materials and turns them into sculptures
without planning.
It has been called outsider art, suggesting that you don't need to be an artist, to create art,
which I find an interesting concept, I think their is alot of pressure for artists to create a good
piece of art, plan carefully and logically and consider costs and funding for Scott all of these aspects wouldn't matter to her.
She would go around and collect and take jewelery, objects and anything she could find to conceal in one of her pieces. her would is very tactile and rustic. I find the connections made between each material and the way they are wrapped and combined together really interesting, there is a careful aspect to Scott's work which I like.
I find her a very inspiring artist and I take alot of influece from her way of working and hope to incorporate elements into my own studies.
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