AMERICAN SCENERY

Paul Scott in the USA & American Scenery

January 21–2, 2014
New York Ceramics Fair 2014
Bohemian National Hall, New York

ongoing
selections on exhibit at Project Art, Cummington, MA

Paul Scott is a material based conceptual artist who creates individual ceramic pieces that blur the boundaries between fine art, craft, and design. With a penchant for rescuing cast-offs, he fondly restores them to a new life by using them as a canvas for biting social commentary. His work can be found in public and private collections around the globe.  Scott is a leading authority on printed vitreous surfaces. His research and artwork have been instrumental in showing and encouraging the creative use of this traditional printing technique in contemporary decorative ceramics.

During his recent residencies, lecture tour, and travels in the US, Scott gathered and created a new series, American Scenery, inspired by his travels, observation, and research into American landscape painting, prints, and the subsequent use of those images on ceramic transfer ware. Knowledge drawn from behind-the-scenes tours at museums and collections throughout the North East influences this new work where Scott has applied prints he produced in the USA onto rescued, cast off ceramic plates from the 19th and early 20th centuries. His work tells stories that explore the unexpected movement of images through materials, media, cultures, politics, histories, and geographies,  inviting us to see a whole group of objects in a new way.

Paul Scott is represented by Ferrin Contemporary. Read more and see more…

Paul Scott, “Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Fracked No. 2″ 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on ironstone platter (c.1860?), 8.5 x 1”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Hudson River, Indian Point No. 2″ 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on KT&K S–V China (Knowles Taylor and Knowles, Liverpool, Ohio) platter, c. 1920, 7 x 10”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Windturbine No. 1″ 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on Johnson Bros Late Pankurst Co., Ironstone platter c. 1890, 8.75 x 12 x 1”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Souvenir of Philadelphia” 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on Souvenir plate England unknown manufacture c. 1900, 8.5 x 1″.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Philadelphia” 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on feather edged Pearlware plate c. 1830, 14 x 17.25 x 5″. Newark Museum Collection.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, (Untitled)” 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on partially erased Lozere Ironstone plate c.1840, 9.75 x 1″.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Fracked No. 1″ 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on cracked feather edged Pearlware platter c. 1820, 10.5 x 13.75 x 1.25”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Hudson River, Indian Point No. 2″ 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on KT&K S–V China (Knowles Taylor and Knowles, Liverpool, Ohio) platter, c. 1920, 7 x 10”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Toll New Jersey Tpke” 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster, on Richard Alcock Ironstone platter c. 1875, 8.75 x 12.25″.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Scenery, Oriental, Mahomedan Mosque” 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on transferware plate (manufacture unknown) c. 1820, 9.75 x .75″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Scott’s Italian, Costa Concordia No. 2″ 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on feather edged pearlware plate c. 1820, 9.75”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Scenery, Palestine” 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on R. Stephenson pearlware plate c. 1830, 6.25 x .5″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Scott’s Italian, Costa Concordia No. 3″ 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on feather edged pearlware plate c. 1820, 9.75”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Scenery, Yanina” 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on Copeland & Garrett Late Spode, platter c. 1840, 10.75 x 14.75 x 2″.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Italian, Scott’s Italian, Costa Concordia No. 1″ 2013, inglaze decal collage, gold luster on feather edged pearlware plate c. 1820, 10 x 13 x .75”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s) Pittsfield Trees (left), Trees (after Spode) (right)” 2013, inglaze decal collage on Restaurant Ware, ~3.5″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Trees (After Spode)” 2013, inglaze decal collage on Lauren Mabry wheel thrown whiteware cylinder, ~3.5″