Shelburne Museum presents the work of renowned British artist Paul Scott in the exhibition Confected, Borrowed & Blue: Transferware by Paul Scott that includes provocative reinterpretations of 19th-century transferware from Shelburne Museum’s permanent collection along with a work commissioned for the exhibition.
“Exhibiting contemporary work that is inspired or influenced by the collections is a longstanding tradition at Shelburne,” said Kory Rogers, Francie and John Downing Senior Curator of American Art. “Paul Scott’s wry way of using transferware, a major part of Shelburne’s decorative arts collection, as a medium for social commentary often delivered with a sense of humor, is ingenious, and picks up on a thread seen throughout Shelburne’s collections.”
Scott transforms his medium, commercially produced English and American ceramic plates, with his signature subversive imagery and insightful, and often ironic, commentary on both historic and contemporary issues. His work references traditional porcelain designs developed by late 18th-century English artisans, such as the Willow pattern or Spode’s Blue Italian.
