Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) - Windturbines with Vindsäter Tree (2013)

Paul Scott

in-glaze screenprint decal collage on old enamel plate

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre

Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) - Windturbines with Vindsäter Tree (2013)

Classification:

Craft

Materials:

Enamel plate

Physical Object Description:

Yellowish enamel plate with tree, wind turbine and love bird motif

Technique:

Screenprint, Glazed

Dimensions:

25.5 x 25.5 x 1.5 cm

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society through the Omega Fund, 2014/15

Scheme:

Craft Acquisition Scheme: Omega Fund (2014-)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by the Contemporary Art Society, 25 February 2015; presented to Bury Art Museum, 2015

Relationship:

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre

Subject:

Trees, Wind turbine, Tradition, Globalisation, Factories, Redundant, Heritage, Landscape, Birds, Change

Within Windturbines with Vindsäter Tree, Paul Scott explores the aesthetic contrast between traditional and contemporary conventions of landscape. The tree and lovebirds in the foreground derive from a long tradition of wares that are widely admired for their picturesque aesthetic appeal. However, Scott’s landscape also features wind turbines, which in the minds of some are perceived as destructive intrusions in the natural beauty of the landscape. This juxtaposition raises intriguing questions as to what it is that makes a landscape beautiful.

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