Jayson Scott Musson

Overview

In writing, performance, and visual art that incisively satirize pop culture and the art world, Jayson Scott Musson provokes the boundaries that define cultural stereotypes. Musson's most well-known project is Hennessy Youngman, a character who hosts an episodic Internet series, Art Thoughtz, in which he pits hip-hop and art world idioms against each other in a dual parody of cultural clichés. Musson's audience extends beyond the confines of art institutions, as he deliberately enters the open arenas of mass media such as YouTube.