It’s a convention of art criticism and art history to write in the present tense, and nothing could be more appropriate
in writing about the artwork of Edward F. Scott.
Ed Scott's endeavors reveal many artistic interests: photography, drawing and sculpture, as well as the collection of art
and a predilection for renovating vintage musical instruments that many would give up for lost. The instruments and parts
of instruments often come with a curious provenance: bits and pieces of ephemera, like the faded bill of sale for a set
of tuning pegs for a 19th c harpsichord, or a plexiglas device designed to turn a standard six-string guitar
into a twelve string. (Why not just play the twelve string? Well, where would be the fun in that?)
The wire and glass abstractions pictured here might seem like an incongruity coming from someone with such an archivist’s
mentality. But in his attention to detail, balance and clarity, Scott reveals a finely honed aesthetic.
The works are very much a testimony to his striving to get it just right.
Of course because of this the works are never "ready."
Art is a process. Life, too. The grammar is ambiguous. Enjoy.
