PAUL SCOTT
on view in the US
Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, (Sampler Jug No:10), Shelburne & Sugar. Transfer print collage on pearlware jug with platinum lustre. Paul Scott 2024. 360mm x 390mm x 290mm. Shelburne Museum Collection.
PAUL SCOTT IN MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
In fall 2012, Leslie Ferrin and Paul Scott met for the first time in Adelaide, Australia as presenters at the Australian Ceramics Triennale Subversive Clay. It was their shared interest in printed ceramics, and one particular plate that brought them together. Paul, well established, internationally known as an artist, educator, scholar and author of several books (including Ceramics and Print ) was introduced by artist Stephen Bowers to Leslie, dealer and specialist in contemporary ceramics. Paul was holding a proof copy of his book Horizon: Transferware And Contemporary Ceramics, developed from an exhibition at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway. Within it was an image of a souvenir plate featuring Views of the Mohawk Trail and Hairpin Turn(detail below). Leslie, also a collector of souvenir plates, promptly invited him to visit the site, close to Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art in Western Massachusetts.
A year after that serendipitous meeting, Paul was to be a visiting artist at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia. They began planning an itinerary to meet with museum curators exploring museum collections of 19th century transferware, and to visit Project Art, later to become his part time US studio. The work he created in 2013 reflected this new American research and featured images from Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York. This American Scenery series debuted at the New York Ceramics Fair, immediately attracting the attention of a number of museums that acquired his work for their permanent collections. The Alturas Foundation also bought works and later provided funding for a multi year artist residency in the US. Initially guided by the images depicted in the historic transferware, Paul traveled to cities, explored natural landscapes, met collaborators and produced a substantive body of work New American Scenery. First shown in 2019 in the newly renovated porcelain room at RISD Museum, the exhibition traveled next to Albany Institute of History & Art in 2022. Selected works were featured in exhibitions at other locations in the US and UK, with four iterations open now in the USA.
In 2024, we are pleased to share Paul Scott’s newest commissioned work “Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, (Sampler Jug No:10), Shelburne & Sugar”, featured above as the centerpiece of his solo exhibition at the Shelburne Museum curated by Kory Rogers – CONFECTED, BORROWED & BLUE: TRANSFERWARE BY PAUL SCOTT.
Leslie Ferrin, director, Ferrin Contemporary
“You can roam where fancy leads you Over hill and dale
But you haven’t seen America
‘Till you’ve seen the Mohawk Trail.”
Public Artist Talk
June 7th, 2024 | 3pm
Free with Museum Admission
Shelburne Museum
Auditorium, Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education
Join us as artist, author, curator, and gardener Paul Scott discusses his artistic practice, which includes provocative reinterpretations of 19th-century transferware. Scott will pay special attention to the work he produced for the 2024 Shelburne Museum exhibition Confected, Borrowed & Blue: Transferware by Paul Scott.
Talk will last approximately 45 to 60 minutes, followed by an audience Q & A. The Museum will remain open until 7:30 p.m., allowing attendees time to visit the exhibition after the talk.
Study Day with American Ceramics Circle
June 7, 2024 | 10 – 5pm
Fees: $50 for members; $60 for guests
(admission and lunch are included)
Limited to 20
Join the American Ceramics Circle for a day of private, curator-led tours and programs at Shelburne Museum to explore the ceramic collections and a private tour of “Confected, Borrowed & Blue: Transferware” with the artist Paul Scott.
MORE ON VIEW & UPCOMING
RIVERS FLOW / ARTISTS CONNECT
Group Exhibition
featuring PAUL SCOTT & COURTNEY M. LEONARD, JASON WALKER
American artists from the 1820s to the present day explore and illuminate our profound, symbiotic relationship with significant waterways, such as the Hudson River, the Susquehanna, and the Missouri, as well as symbolic representations.
on view through September 1, 2024
Hudson River Museum
Yonkers, NY
CLAYSCAPES
Group Exhibition
featuring PAUL SCOTT, RAYMON ELOZUA, CAROLINE SLOTTE, & CRISTINA CÓRDOVA
Clayscapes is a tribute to clay’s ubiquitous presence in our lives, and to the powerful metaphorical and spiritual role that it can play.
on view now through October 20, 2024
Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY
PAUL SCOTT AT THE ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GALLERY
Solo Installation
on view now through December 31, 2024
Albany International Airport Gallery
Terminal A
737 Albany Shaker Rd
Albany, NY
50 YEARS IN THE MAKING – ALUMNI EXHIBITION
Group Exhibition
Featuring Paul Scott & Sergei Isupov
This Alumni Exhibition showcases artwork to reflect the current practice of the over 150 artist who have participated in The Clay Studio’s Resident Artist Program, Guest Artist Program, and Associate Artist Program over the 50 years since its founding.
on view June 13th through Sep 1st, 2024
The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
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