Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It

Name: Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It
Brand: 1706
SKU: 1015424
Price: 49.95 USD
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Repudiating distinctions between craft and high art, and transcending both marquetry (wood inlay) and painting, the meticulously crafted works of Alison Elizabeth Taylor are as much about seeing as they are about making. Juxtaposing the over-the-top connotations of this ancient craft with dystopian images of blighted desert landscapes, anonymous subdivisions, glitzy casinos and seedy cocktail lounges, Taylor creates a tension between surface and subject, appearance and reality. The splendor of the shellacked wood invites us to consider the innate humanity of marginalized subjects we might otherwise overlook as well as the often-ignored impact of a boom-and-bust economy on American life and culture.

Featuring insightful essays by leading curators and writers, this fully illustrated publication traces the evolution of the artist’s work from early paintings that explore space, line, color and form within the limited palette afforded by the grains and tones of natural woods to vividly colored “hybrids” that layer marquetry, paint and photographic imagery, to brand-new and increasingly complex works inspired by the resilience of the artist’s urban neighborhood and community during the pandemic.

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Hardcover. 128 pages. 0.7" H x 11.2" L x 9.7" W

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Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It

$49.95

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Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It

Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It

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