Henry Taylor: B Side
This extensive monograph offers a comprehensive overview of Henry Taylor’s artistic career spanning three decades, encompassing painting, sculpture, and installation. Celebrating this renowned Los Angeles artist, the book highlights Taylor’s distinct aesthetic, visionary social commentary, and daring experimental approach. His portraits and allegorical scenes captivate viewers with their bold compositions, revealing moments of familiarity and striking detail that leave a lasting impression. Taylor pushes boundaries by incorporating everyday objects like cigarette packs and cereal boxes as painting surfaces, bridging his primary medium with popular culture. His installations ingeniously repurpose found materials such as bleach bottles and push brooms, challenging art historical conventions and exploring the appropriation of African and African American culture by modernism. By examining the various aspects of Taylor’s practice, one can observe his profound observations on Black life in America during the turn of the century, while also inspiring a sense of human connection that extends beyond individual experiences.
Published By DelMonico Books
Pages 237
Release Date November 2022
This extensive monograph offers a comprehensive overview of Henry Taylor’s artistic career spanning three decades, encompassing painting, sculpture, and installation. Celebrating this renowned Los Angeles artist, the book highlights Taylor’s distinct aesthetic, visionary social commentary, and daring experimental approach. His portraits and allegorical scenes captivate viewers with their bold compositions, revealing moments of familiarity and striking detail that leave a lasting impression. Taylor pushes boundaries by incorporating everyday objects like cigarette packs and cereal boxes as painting surfaces, bridging his primary medium with popular culture. His installations ingeniously repurpose found materials such as bleach bottles and push brooms, challenging art historical conventions and exploring the appropriation of African and African American culture by modernism. By examining the various aspects of Taylor’s practice, one can observe his profound observations on Black life in America during the turn of the century, while also inspiring a sense of human connection that extends beyond individual experiences.
Published By DelMonico Books
Pages 237
Release Date November 2022
This extensive monograph offers a comprehensive overview of Henry Taylor’s artistic career spanning three decades, encompassing painting, sculpture, and installation. Celebrating this renowned Los Angeles artist, the book highlights Taylor’s distinct aesthetic, visionary social commentary, and daring experimental approach. His portraits and allegorical scenes captivate viewers with their bold compositions, revealing moments of familiarity and striking detail that leave a lasting impression. Taylor pushes boundaries by incorporating everyday objects like cigarette packs and cereal boxes as painting surfaces, bridging his primary medium with popular culture. His installations ingeniously repurpose found materials such as bleach bottles and push brooms, challenging art historical conventions and exploring the appropriation of African and African American culture by modernism. By examining the various aspects of Taylor’s practice, one can observe his profound observations on Black life in America during the turn of the century, while also inspiring a sense of human connection that extends beyond individual experiences.
Published By DelMonico Books
Pages 237
Release Date November 2022