Scene + Seen

seen + scene: paul scott usa tour

seen + scene: paul scott usa tour

seen + scene

Paul Scott at Project Art, Cummington, MA. At the conclusion of his dual residency at Clay Studio, Philadelphia.Ā  His Artist Salon and weekend open house coincided with artists delivering for Ceramic Top 40, Linda Sormin, Bobby Silverman.Ā  Foraging for fall fungi at William Cullent Bryant Homestead and Historic Cummington.

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.Ā  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.

Paul Scottā€™s series, American Scenery will be presented at:

New York Ceramics Fair 2014
January 21ā€“2, 2014
Bohemian National Hall, New York

During his recent residencies, lecture tour, and travels in the US, Scott gathered and created a new series,Ā 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 exploreĀ the unexpected movement of imagesĀ through materials, media, cultures, politics,Ā histories, and geographies, Ā inviting us to seeĀ a whole group of objects in a new way.

Paul Scott is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

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seen + scene kansas city ceramic top 40

seen + scene kansas city ceramic top 40

seen +scene: Attending the opening of Ceramic Top 40 at Red Star studios at Belger Crane Yards in Kansas CityĀ  with visits to the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Nelson Atkins Museum, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Jun Kaneko’s Magic Flute Lyric Opera, Red Star studios and gallery.

CERAMIC TOP 40 | 2013

exhibition of artists under and over age 40 currently working in ceramics November 1 ā€“ January 25, 2014

presented by Ferrin Contemporary and Red Star Studios at Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, Missouri

Ceramic Top 40 | 2013 presents art work by individual artists, collaborators, and design partners ā€“ halfĀ  over and half under age 40 ā€“ drawn from the finalists of juried submissions and by invitation.Ā  These artists are currently working on the cutting edge of current processes, ideas, and presentation concepts in conceptual utilitarian and sculptural ceramics.

The exhibition emerged from the need for a fresh overview of contemporary ceramics. The increased integration of ceramic art and objects in recent exhibitions at museums and contemporary art galleries has increased media attention and awareness of the importance of the medium of clay in our time for this generation of makers and collectors.

This survey of contemporary ceramic art features the work of established masters continuing to break creative ground alongside the next generation of artists who are developing a strong root system of their own at mid career.

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Selections from Ceramic Top 40 will be shown at the Ceramics Progran, Office for the Arts at Harvard from May 27 – August 16, 2014

A catalog will be available in June – click HERE to be on the list

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At the MFA Boston

At the MFA Boston

On a recent visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, it was remarkable to see how the new selections from the permanent collection, currently on view made by curator, Emily Zilber reflect the work we are doing to prepare a private collection for sale this fall. As oneĀ generation of collectors ā€œdeaccessā€, through sale and gifts, the museums are getting to define the period that is both now and then.

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Since 2010, Emily Zilber, the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts (a position within the Contemporary Art Department) at the MFA Boston, has taken her job and run with it.Ā  Barely catching her breath after installing her ground breaking exhibition “New Blue and White”(which closed in July) she turned her attention to a reinstallation of the permanent collection.Ā  On August 3, 2013 the dedicated gallery of contemporary decorative arts reopened and clearly shows the support she is getting from a core group of private collectors and within her institution.Ā  Her choices from the permanent collection blend a hybrid mix of categories –Ā  without prejudice or typical hierarchy – positioning the masters of studio craft and material based sculpture side by side with cutting edge explorations of concept that include photography and design.

The MFA named its contemporary craft gallery in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art after another power pair of benefactors Daphne and Peter Farago,Ā whose collection was assembled with an encyclopedic eye to history and legacy.Ā  Opened in 2011 with ā€œCrafting Contemporary: Selections from the Daphne Farago Collectionā€, the first installation was an overview drawn from the over 950 objects that have been donated to the museum in Mrs. Faragoā€™s lifetime.Ā Ā  This newest installation reflects the numerous recent acquisitions, both gifts and purchases – all identified with red squares.Ā  Zilberā€™s choices show a wide range fromĀ  recent conceptual work by Nicole Cherubini, photography by Lauren Kalman adjacent to a loveseat by Wendel Castle and Tom Pattiā€™s 1980 work in glass.

Zilber is one of the new generation of curators who are tackling the ongoing transition spanning a time period that combines primary cutting edge works by living artists with seminal works by those who carved out this field.Ā  Her curatorial practice with the support of the MFA Boston and their benevolent private collectors is providing leadership for the way museums acquire and present contemporary decorative arts.

Emily Zilber is the MFA Bostonā€™s first Ronald L. and Anita C. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts, joining the museum in October 2010. She is responsible for the MFAā€™s program of contemporary decorative arts, including guiding acquisitions and developing a presence for this material in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art and throughout the museum. She oversees the MFAā€™s Daphne and Peter Farago Gallery. Recent projects include the exhibition New Blue-and-White, which focuses on contemporary interpretations of ceramic history by makers across media. Emily Zilber has edited and written for numerous publications and speaks regularly on topics related to 20th-century and contemporary decorative arts, craft, and design. She recieved a BA in Art History from The University of Chicago and an MA from the Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture.

FOR MORE ā€¦

About Daphne and Peter Farago

About Lauren Kalman, represented by Sienna Patti Contemporary

About private collections represented by Ferrin Contemporary

About New Blue and White curated by Emily Zilber at the MFA Boston

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SCENE + SEEN: Downstreet Art, North Adams

SCENE + SEEN: Downstreet Art, North Adams

SCENE+SEEN:

Kahn and Selesnick at MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA.Ā  This show, ā€œThe Other Hudson 2ā€ opens on June 20, the launch of Downstreet Art 2013.Ā  Extended hours during Wilcoā€™s Solid Sound Festival, June 21 – 23 at MASS MoCA.Ā Ā  Follow SeenArtScene on Tumblr through the weekend for collected random sounds and images of the art, the artists and the scene around them.

MORE ā€¦ Downstreet

MORE ā€¦ Wilco Solid Sound Festival

Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick have been affiliated with Ferrin Contemporary on and off for over 20 years.Ā  Following their sculpture as it becomes photographs and installations has been a long strange journey.Ā  Great to see it altogether and presented at MCLA Gallery 51 ā€¦ several of the photographs and sculptures were shown in COVET 2013 at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield in 2012.

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Collective Design Fair, NYC, May 2013

Collective Design Fair, NYC, May 2013

NYC May 2013 at Collective design fair with the art dealers from left to right  Lewis Wexler, Sienna Patti and Stefan Friedemann at Collective.1, New York, NY ā€œbuilding collections ā€“ one object at a timeā€

NYC May 2013 at Collective design fair with the art dealers from left to right Lewis Wexler, Sienna Patti and Stefan Friedemann at Collective.1, New York, NY ā€œbuilding collections ā€“ one object at a timeā€

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New Blue & White at the MFA Boston

New Blue & White at the MFA Boston

Emily Zilber, curator and Mark Cooper, artist , listening to Thomas Michie – about newly reinstalled Dutch rooms in context of New Blue and White, MFA Boston through July 14. His site specific work is one of the nearly 40 artists, designers and collaborators who are showing recent works in ceramic, glass and mixed media. #newblueandwhite meets #oldblueandwhite at #mfa #boston with #markcooper (at Museum of Fine Arts)

Emily Zilber, curator and Mark Cooper, artist – in conversation about his recent installation New Blue and White, MFA Boston through July 14. His site specific work is one of the nearly 40 artists, designers and collaborators who are showing recent works in ceramic, glass and mixed media.

 

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