Quite resonant
— Roberta Smith, New York Times

Disgraceful
— President George H. W. Bush

The installations, sculptures and videos in this survey dramatize Hurricane Katrina, the incarceration of black males and the Iraq war as if they were all part of a single national problem, and he argues forcefully that they are.
— Holland Cotter, New York Times

There is no question that mounting Scott’s piece is a coup. This flag made art history.
— Elizabeth Hess, Village Voice

A surprisingly affecting group show, "Way Down in New Orleans" memorializes the Crescent City's Hurricane Katrina travails. Dread Scott's elegiac installation — posters of Katrina dead plastered on massive sheets of plywood of the kind used to protect storm-threatened homes — marks the show's emotional center.
— Jessica Dawson, Washington Post

Mr. Scott’s documentary photographs of young people in unidentified housing projects are surprisingly upbeat, showing a vitality that seems to fly in the face of social injustice and signifying a positive force that has the potential to overcome the very real prejudice that he despises.
— Helen Harrison, New York Times

Through an extraordinarily nuanced and poignant presentation Lockdown provides an opportunity to contemplate incarceration and the incarcerated with fresh eyes and an open mind.
— Nina Felshin, curator

Dread Scott’s “Welcome to America” takes you on a searing journey.
— Revolution newspaper

A jarring directness few exhibitions muster.
—Dan Bischoff, New Jersey Star Ledger

When an artist decides to confront complex social issues and express them publicly using a visual platform, we can’t help but be pushed out of our comfort zones and face the troubling aspects of our society, which we inadvertently shelve away from our lives.
— Baldev Duggal, Digital Photo Pro

And then let's use that knowledge to make art that more powerfully illuminates this era and helps the people to propel history forward.
Revolution Online:Dread Scott: Making Art and Revolution
The RW Interview. Dread Scott: Making Art and Revolution.
Michael Slate. Revolutionary Worker June 17, 2001
Good long interview with me.

"Following in the footsteps of his namesake, photographer and sculptor Dread Scott is battling for human rights--all the way to the Supreme Court. Armed with only art materials, Brooklyn photographer and artist Dread Scott has received death threats by those threatened by the politics of his art."
Ericka Blount-Danois, "Prisoner of War," One World, June/July 2002
An article with portions of an interview with Dread Scott. Reproductions of three works.

Lois Martin, "The Direction of Cloth: the Horizontal Dimension" Surface Design, Winter 2002
Good reproductions of several works and an interesting article examining fine artists who use the horizontal plane in their work

William Zimmer, "Strong Statements in a Serene Setting," New York Times, 12/3/00, sec 14.
Full page review of "Black and Blue: Examples of Police Violence" a group exhibition at Wesleyan University.

Kay Bourne, "Photographer's Exhibit Chronicles Plight of Prisoners," The Bay State Banner, Vol. 35, No. 41.

Lilly Wie, Art In America, "On Nationality: 13 Artists," September 1991
Fairly long interview that details the controversy surrounding "What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?"

Elizabeth Hess, "Capture the Flag", The Village Voice, 4/4/1989, Very long and very good story. Best coverage of the controversy surrounding What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?

Holland Cotter, "Art in Review: Dead Time = Tiempo Muerto," New York Times, 10/8/99,

Dread Scott, "Speakeasy," New Art Examiner, June, 1989
Here are my thoughts on the controversy and the stakes and the battle over my flag art. Get it straight from the horse's mouth at the time of the controversy.