Joe Scanlan
Born in 1961 at Stoutsville, États-Unis
Joe Scanlan’s approach highlights the role and position of the artist within contemporary capitalist society. In an ironic and disillusioned vision, he sees art as a form of production in a very focused market in which his sculptures and theoretical writings have a place as products. He also makes paintings from the wood scraps that litter his studio and signs these works with the name of his fictional alter ego, the African-American artist Donnelle Woolford.
Born in 1961 in Stoutsville, Ohio, Joe Scanlan is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He heads the Visual Arts department at Princeton University and regularly publishes articles in ArtForum magazine. He lives and works in New York.
