Cumbrian Blue(s)Landscape, Pattern, and Promiscuity | Intervention Lecture Series

Paul Scott to speak Thurs., Sept. 29

Paul Scott is an artist, writer, and curator. A member of the International Academy of Ceramics, he is currently Senior Research Fellow in Fine Arts at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The power of Scott’s work is in the accuracy of his alterations; it lies in his truth telling. His work holds the power to make us uncomfortable. He poses questions about our complacency over the loss of industrial skills and the economic and social consequences for those who were engaged in production. Scott challenges the ideas of “wild and natural landscapes” and focuses our ill-considered interventions and our exploitations (Andy Christian, Ceramic Review, July/August 2010).

His lecture will be 5:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in 62 Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign.

Scott's lecture is part of the School of Art + Design's Intervention Lecture series, which has been funded through the Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artist Fund, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the Krannert Art Museum, and the School of Art + Design Visitors Fund.