Al Taylor - Pet Stains, Puddles, And Full Gospel Neckless

Having begun his studio practice as a painter and draftsman, in 1985 Al Taylor (1948-1999) devised a uniquely innovative approach to process and materials that seamlessly enveloped drawings and three-dimensional objects as he created compositions that were grounded in the formal concerns of painting. Taylor ultimately sought to expand the possibilities of vision in his search for new ways of experiencing and imagining space, and his multi-layered investigations of perception across variant dimensions provide the viewer with an insight into the artist's idiosyncratic thinking, his methodology, and his playful sense of humor. The objects and drawings that comprise these series demonstrate Taylor's relentless curiosity about the process of seeing--that is, how we see and what we see, which he systematically explored by applying a multitude of constantly shifting points of view. The artist's investigations combined metaphor with seemingly incongruous materials and concepts in order to find new relationships between subject matter, space, and meaning. This fully illustrated publication will feature new scholarship on Taylor's work by Mimi Thompson.