Joyce J. Scott

Cuddly Black Dick III

1995

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Joyce J. Scott

Cuddly Black Dick III

Joyce J. Scott

Cuddly Black Dick III

1995

Physical Qualities Glass beads, porcelain doll head and hands, thread, wire, 8 3/4 × 5 × 4 1/2 in. (22.2 × 12.7 × 11.4 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Francine and Benson Pilloff, North Carolina

Object Number 2024.213

In Cuddly Black Dick III, Joyce J. Scott imagined intimacy between a white woman and a Black man represented only by his exaggerated genitalia. In the artist’s own words, “They are in love. She knows him to be a kind, intelligent citizen of the world. Others who spend time inventing disaster see him only as a ‘Big Black Dick.’” Scott’s training at MICA, alongside the influence of her upbringing in Baltimore’s artistic community, helped shape a practice that moves fluidly between fine art, craft, and social critique.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2024; Francine Myers Pilloff and Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Cecilia Wichmann and Catharina Manchanda, with Leslie Rose, Baltimore Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum, "Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams," March 24, 2024 - July 14, 2024; Seattle Art Museum, October 17, 2024 to January 19, 2025.

Antoinette Roberts and Cecilia Wichmann, with Oscar Flores Montero, and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Celebrates MICA 200," May 16, 2026 to Janurary 3, 2027.