Al Taylor: Early Paintings 1971-1980
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Al Taylor: Early Paintings 1971-1980
David Zwirner
David Zwirner
6th April 2017
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
709.2
Physical Properties
Hardback
96
Width 223mm, Height 286mm
790g
Description
The catalogue, published on the occasion of Taylor's eponymous exhibition at David Zwirner in 2017, is framed by a conversation conducted by Mimi Thomson between renowned painters Stanley Whitney and Billy Sullivan; all knew Taylor well, and their dialogue opens a new perspectives on Taylor as painter. Writer and editor John Yau's new piece of scholarship examines the deep relationship between Taylor's sculptural approach and his earlier painted works. At the heart of this catalogue, are the twenty - six pain tings themselves: exercises in reduction and restraint, they nonetheless have hints of the levity and playfulness that characterize Taylor's later works. In some canvases, a single color dominates, with hints of others scattered across; on others it is the interaction of colors that energizes the canvas
Reviews
Al Taylor: Early Paintings "provides a clear and impressive view of Al Taylor's earliest visual ideas, and hints at how he began to transition to some of his later work, illuminating a compelling segment of a searching, innovative artist's progress."--Two Coats Staff "Two Coats of Paint"
Author Bio
John Yau is an award-winning poet and art critic who has been publishing art criticism since 1978. He is a professor of critical studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. After writing for Art in America and Artforum, he served as the arts editor of The Brooklyn Rail from 2006 to 2011, and then began writing for Hyperallergic Weekend. He was the recipient of the 2018 Jackson Poetry Prize. In 2021, Yau was awarded the Rabkin Prize for excellence in visual arts journalism. His books of art criticism include In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol and A Thing Among Things: The Art of Jasper Johns, as well as monographs on Wifredo Lam, Thomas Nozkowski, Joe Brainard, Catherine Murphy, A. R. Penck, Richard Artschwager, Pat Steir, Liu Xiaodong, and Kim Tschang-yeul.
