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Cross MacKenzie Gallery Archives | Ferrin Contemporary

PORCELANIA: East Meets West

November 10–December 8, 2016
Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington, DC

EVENTS
Talk and Reception with curator Leslie Ferrin and artist Paul Scott Talk
Sunday, November 13, 2016, 3–5pm

This exhibition presents tradition and identity found in contemporary porcelain. Artists Sin-ying Ho, Steven Young Lee, Walter McConnell, and Paul Scott explore ceramic traditions, interpret identity, and create social commentary in their work reflecting on global consumerism, changing landscape, and cross-cultural exchange.

Click here to read review of “Porcelainia” in Washington Post.

Steven Young Lee, “Maebyong Vases” 2016, porcelain, white slip, glaze, 14 x 20 x 14″.

Steven Young Lee, “Meiping Vase with Scroll Pattern” 2014, porcelain, white slip, glaze, 18 x 12 x 11″.

Steven Young Lee, “Jar with Vine Pattern” 2014, porcelain, white slip, glaze, 19 x 15 x 13″

Steven Young Lee, "4x4 Cups" 2016, porcelain, cobalt inlay, plywood, paint, aluminum, glass, 22 x 21 x 6”.

Steven Young Lee, “4×4 Cups” 2016, porcelain, cobalt inlay, plywood, paint, aluminum, glass, 22 x 21 x 6”.

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, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, (New Jersey) Turnpike No: 3″ 2014, screen print, (in-glaze decal) on Portmeirion platter, 13.5 x 9.25 x 1”.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Crooklands Cow in a Meadow No. 3,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, cow: 5.5 x 8.25 x 1.75, oval platter: 11.5 x 16.5 x 1.5″.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Turbine No. 2″ 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1840 green pearlware platter, 15.5 x 19 x 2.25”.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Grain Silo,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 J K Meakin ironstone platter, 10.25 x 15 x 1.75″.

Sin-ying Ho, “10.11.1989 Hong Kong” detail, 2010, porcelain, cobalt, decal, enamel, 24 x 14 x 12″.

Sin-ying Ho, “10.11.1989 Hong Kong” 2010, porcelain, cobalt, decal, enamel, 24 x 14 x 12″.

Sin-ying Ho, “East Met West” 2016, porcelain, cobalt, decal, enamel, 20″ x 28″ x 16″.

PORCELAINIA: East Meets West curated by Leslie Ferrin at Cross MacKenzie Gallery