Scott Covert has spent a good part of the last 20...

Scott Covert has spent a good part of the last 20 years collecting rubbings from gravestones all over the world. It is unlikely anyone has visited as many cemeteries as Scott: certainly no one has returned with such treasures from the necropolis. Cemeteries serve as adjunct studios for the painter who arrives with a sheaf of canvases, which the dead help bring to life—and vice-versa. Some names stand on their own, like Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, John Coltrane, Russ Meyer, Jayne Mansfield and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe; others are themed groups like the Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bent Lahr) It’s a Wonderful Life (James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers) or the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford). Scott’s first grave rubbing was of Florence Ballard (1943-1976), one of the original Supremes of Motown legend, who received Scott at her resting place at Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery in Warren, Michigan. Ever since, Scott has identified his school as “The Dead Supreme,” which is also the title of his first comprehensive solo exhibition at Edelman Arts (136 East 74th Street in New York).

An opening reception will be held on July 11 from 6-8 pm. Among the featured works is Abstracted Pop, (2011, 24 x 18 inches, ink, oil crayon on paper), a mash-up of the headstones of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol. Covert’s work has been exhibited at Club 57; The Fun Gallery; 56, Bleecker Gallery; Barbara Braathen Gallery; Ricky Clifton Gallery; Glen Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton, NY; and Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. He was featured in 2011’s “East Village West,” curated by Ann Magnuson and Kenny Scharf, at Royal/T Art Space, Los Angeles, CA.

Scott Covert: The Dead Supreme – Paintings 1996-2012
July 11- August 20
Opening Reception: July 11th, 6 - 8pm

Edelman Arts
136 East 74th Street
New York, NY 10021
+1 212 472 7770
info@edelmanarts.com

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