JOHN SCOTT "SPLIT HARE" 2008John Scott (1950 2022) came to prominence in Toronto in the 1980s. He has one of the most distinctive aesthetics in contemporary Canadian art. Influenced by both social activism and rock'n'roll, Scott's body of work displays a combination of machismo, anxiety, and rebellion. Scott has few peers in Canada, perhaps the closest parallel could be found in the work of Philip Guston, where vague figuration approaches abstraction. Scott explored a consistent

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Caviar20 has been championing his works on paper from the 1950s

Chambers authored the article "Perceptual Realism"

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the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington

"Ulysses: The Hospital"

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prismatic impasto that runs through the center of the canvas

"Ocean #3"

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his body slightly twisted in a classical pose to emphasize the shape of his figure and profile