Vintage ceramics become contemporary in recent work at HB381 by Finish artist Caroline Slotte and British artist Paul Scott, makers who live in different countries but share an expertise in remaking found ceramic plates, dishes and more. Scott, who was once Slotte’s professor at Norway’s Bergen Academy of Art and Design, transfers current imagery onto vintage pottery in vivid cobalt blue color. Slotte’s approach is subtractive, involving power tools that remove blue glaze from scenes featuring Chinese or European landscapes to achieve a quasi-pointillist effect. Both artists employ the element of surprise as viewers register familiar ceramic objects that been radically altered, prompting reconsideration of inherited forms and their current relevance. (On view in Tribeca through Feb 28th).
