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F. Scott Hess

THE PATERNAL SUIT: HEIRLOOMS FROM THE F. SCOTT HESS FAMILY FOUNDATION

EXHIBITION SPECS

Number of Works:
Approx. 102 works (31 paintings, 26 works on paper, 44 artifacts and objects, 1 video), 43 educational wall texts.
Dimensions:
Varied
Space Requirement:
300 – 600 linear feet. At maximum expansion 600 linear feet (3 feet between each piece or wall text), contracted and densely hung, approx. 300 linear feet. 9 small vitrines. 4 freestanding works.
Rental Fee:
$15,000
Shipping Costs:
Each venue will be required to pay for pro-rated shipping costs.
Insurance:
To be carried by venue.
Crate Dimensions:
4 crates – estimated dimensions: 35 x 57 x 27″ (H x W x L); 1 crate – estimated dimensions: 70 x 54 x 20″.
Installation:
Installation collaboration with each venue and the artist.
Educational Support:
F. Scott Hess lectures and collection walk-thrus; audio tour assistance; micro-website for the project.
Exhibition Signage:
HICA provides a digital copy of designed text panels and item labels suitable for use with each exhibition.
Supporting Materials:
A 116-page, full color illustrated catalogue, produced by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. The rental fee includes 10 free catalogues. Additional catalogues available at 60% of retail.
Exhibition Brochure

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
College of Charleston, SC
Fall 2012
Mobile Museum of Art
Mobile, AL
April 19 – June 22, 2013
Sumter County Gallery of Art
Sumter, SC
February 13 – April 18, 2014
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
July 11 – October 5, 2014
Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
August 21 – November 8, 2015
For more information, please contact Katie Hirsch: MccampbellKG@cofc.edu

Where does personal story end and national history begin? Wherein lies the truth of the stories our fathers tell us, and how does the dishonesty and falseness of familial history impact the moral underpinnings of a society? Los Angeles artist F. Scott Hess explores these questions in this multimedia exhibition of the artist’s paternal ancestry that spans four centuries.

The Paternal Suit consists of over 100 paintings, prints, and objects created by Hess, but presented as legitimate historical artifacts, and supported by photographs, documents, and historical ephemera. Each object and artwork bears an artist’s name and detailed provenance and has been executed in the style of the century from which it supposedly originates. Sculpture, ceramics, furniture, toys, newspaper clippings, historic photographs, guns, and costumes advance the story. Hess does not claim authorship for the works on display. Instead, he ascribes to them fictional artists, referring to himself as the Director of the “F. Scott Hess Family Foundation.”

The exhibition follows Hessʼs ancestral lineage from 17th century England to the Puritan settlements of South Carolina and Georgia, where family members became key players in the War Between the States (1860–65).  Through the prism of his ancestry, Hess examines the impact of false history and deception within each generation and throughout society as a whole, and questions the authority of these perceived “truths.” The ultimate subtext for the installation, which traces the trajectory of the Iverson, Patton, Nolan, and Hess family lines, is the seven-year old artist’s abandonment by his own father after a parental divorce.

F. Scott Hess

THE PATERNAL SUIT: HEIRLOOMS FROM THE F. SCOTT HESS FAMILY FOUNDATION

EXHIBITION SPECS

Number of Works:
Approx. 102 works (31 paintings, 26 works on paper, 44 artifacts and objects, 1 video), 43 educational wall texts.
Dimensions:
Varied
Space Requirement:
300 – 600 linear feet. At maximum expansion 600 linear feet (3 feet between each piece or wall text), contracted and densely hung, approx. 300 linear feet. 9 small vitrines. 4 freestanding works.
Rental Fee:
$15,000
Shipping Costs:
Each venue will be required to pay for pro-rated shipping costs.
Insurance:
To be carried by venue.
Crate Dimensions:
4 crates – estimated dimensions: 35 x 57 x 27″ (H x W x L); 1 crate – estimated dimensions: 70 x 54 x 20″.
Installation:
Installation collaboration with each venue and the artist.
Educational Support:
F. Scott Hess lectures and collection walk-thrus; audio tour assistance; micro-website for the project.
Exhibition Signage:
HICA provides a digital copy of designed text panels and item labels suitable for use with each exhibition.
Supporting Materials:
A 116-page, full color illustrated catalogue, produced by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. The rental fee includes 10 free catalogues. Additional catalogues available at 60% of retail.
Exhibition Brochure

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
College of Charleston, SC
Fall 2012
Mobile Museum of Art
Mobile, AL
April 19 – June 22, 2013
Sumter County Gallery of Art
Sumter, SC
February 13 – April 18, 2014
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
July 11 – October 5, 2014
Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
August 21 – November 8, 2015
For more information, please contact Katie Hirsch: MccampbellKG@cofc.edu

VIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

VIDEO

PATERNAL SUIT from Shirin Bazleh on Vimeo.

This film, by Susan Carney and Shirin Bazleh, accompanies the exhibition The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation. The film includes interviews with F. Scott Hess at his home in Los Angeles, California, insight into his creative process, still images of works in the exhibition, and an overview of the fascinating history of his paternal side.

ARTIST BIO

F. Scott Hess, born 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland, began to draw intensely at the age of seven. He grew up in a small Wisconsin town, and received a Bachelor of Science in Art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977). Attracted by the dark tone, intense psychological content, and the level of technical skill displayed by artists in Prague and Vienna, Hess moved to the Austrian capital in 1978, attending the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts for five-and-a-half years. He learned Old Master painting techniques, studied paint chemistry, drew thousands of figure drawings from life, and completed a year-long course at the Anatomy Institute. In 1979 Hess had his first solo exhibition in Vienna, quickly followed by exhibitions in Austria, Germany and France. In 1981 he received one of Austria’s most prestigious awards for artists, the Theodor Koerner Award. In 1984 Hess moved to his current home of Los Angeles and in 1985 had his first American solo exhibition. Hess has exhibited in over one hundred group and solo exhibitions, including venues in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His work is included in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Orange County Museum of Art, Oakland Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institute, among others. In 1990 he received a Western States Art Federation award, and in 1991 a J. Paul Getty Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship. F. Scott Hess is represented by Hirschl and Adler Modern in New York and Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles. Hess is currently on the MFA faculty at the Laguna College of Art and Design.

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