THE PATHOS OF MANDY WALTER SCOTT

SEPT 23 - OCT 23 | THURS - SAT from 12 - 5PM

Mandy, a self-obsessed artist, loses the television rights to the fictional character at the core of his life's work. In encounters with other artists, his agent, his lover, and the writings of Kathy Acker and Roland Barthes, Mandy moves through his grief and selfishness in a series of humorous vignettes that take place in the art studio, in bed, in the empty streets at night, and in the bathtub. This video, featuring live-action and animation, is a satire of contemporary art and identity politics. The video also asks: what does it mean to slip in-between the identities of “person” and “artist?

Walter Scott b. 1985, is an interdisciplinary artist working across comics, drawing, video, performance and sculpture. His graphic novel series, Wendy, chronicles the continuing misadventures of a young artist in a satirical version of the contemporary art world.  Wendy has been featured in Canadian Art, Art in America, and published online on the New Yorker. Recent solo exhibitions include The Scrawled Heel of the Real, Ashley (Berlin), The Images Festival (Toronto), and The Pathos Of Mandy, at the ISCP, New York. His new graphic novel, Wendy, Master of Art, is now available from Drawn & Quarterly.

Learn more about Walter’s practice at www.wwalterscott.com