Craig Taylor, Internal Friction Stacked, 2014, oil on canvas, 72 x 54 inches.
landscape
painting, Hieratic Heads, Etruscan Cippi, and comic books as touchstones
for his large-scale, anthropomorphic imagery. Looking at the paintings, I think of bits and bytes: the intricate code that is hidden beneath our user-friendly operating
systems.
“Craig Taylor: Enface,” CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Through April 11, 2015
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The paintings make me think of Jean Dubuffet without eyes, mouth, nose or ears.
Taylor's bits of color and brush strokes, perhaps even his choice of color remind me of Xi Zhang's painting style (one of his styles that is)
great images! Can't wait to see them in person. He is one of the most interesting colorist
nice work