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Joy TaylorSweet Gum (Contemporary Still Life, Graphic Hand-Painted Leaf on Paper)2022
2022
About the Item
"Sweet Gum" painted by Joy Taylor in 2022
28 x 22 inches, 37 x 29 inches framed
acrylic on paper
Custom Frame with White Wood Molding, Window Mat and Tru Vu AR Glass
Joy Taylor’s paintings transform botany into a personal vision. Her recent series on canvas, playfully titled the “Boo-K” paintings, defy traditional still life depictions that often seek to tame and order the objects of the world. On the contrary, Taylor’s subjects are never still. Her floral forms have the crisp, clean qualities of cut paper; sharp, decisive lines slice through blocks of pure pigment to create defined edges of leaves, vines and blossoms. The colors are constructed as well as the form. Her exuberant palette of oranges, blues, magenta and green echo the complimentary colors favored by the Fauvists. Color is an element in and of itself in her work. This balance of sparkling color and form is irrepressible, at times disconcerting and even dangerous in its boldness.
In a series of original paintings on paper, Joy pairs down the form by focusing on a single bloom or leaf.
As a specimen under a microscope, Taylor dives into the crevices and details of each leaflet on this bright green Sweet Gum leaf, meticulously painting each vein of every stem. Her color composition is simply fantastic, eye popping, and elicits an almost visceral experience of the graphic.
Joy Taylor is the recipient of a Pollock/Krasner Foundation grant, and a NYFA Painting Fellow. She lives and works in Red Hook, NY.
Artist Statement
My work manipulates forms in a flattened picture plane, with imagination, rather than realistic observation, at play. I’ve built many a painting of a make-believe arrangement of flowers in a nonexistent vase on a table that’s just a curved arc, if it’s there at all.
These days I’m zooming into the deep center of my imaginary composition, where I create large shapes in transformation: leaves become flat saucers, stems thin lines that turn into fat shapes, reflections an abyss of receding color. My flowers writhe, contort, sag, and subvert the very space they inhabit. They bridge the gap between reality and abstraction.
I’ve made a few rules for myself to follow:
Scale it Up (so I can go deeper into the composition)
Simplify (for greater clarity)These rules keep me focused on my determination to give agency to the shapes I create.
Still life paintings have always removed Nature from outdoors and rearranged it inside, so we can look at it more closely and ponder its process of change, from bud to flowering to decay. I take the genre in a new direction as I invent shapes and colors, re-creating Nature in my mind and on my canvas. It’s an external expression of an internal dialogue – what does this shape become if it’s foreshortened? How do petals spiral into being? Can I see through what’s on top to what’s beneath? What is a leaf-like shape that isn’t the color of a leaf? Is it something else?
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2016 Because It Has a Peel. Outdoor sculpture at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica CA
2015 Strange Beauty. Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica California
Flora & Fauna. Galerie Gris, Hudson NY
Seeing Far, Seeing Deep. Outdoor temporary installation in Rosendale, NY
2013 Leaf in a Landscape: New Paintings by Joy Taylor. Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
On Paper: Recent Work by Joy Taylor.Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2012 New Work: Garry Nichols and Joy Taylor. Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2011 Joy Taylor: New Work. Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2010 Lifelike. BCB Art, Hudson, NY
Vine (The Line in Space). Installation at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 Joy Taylor Drawings. Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
2008 Joy Taylor & Ed Smith. BCB Art, Hudson, New York
2006 Joy Taylor & Eric Rhein. BCB Art, Hudson, New York
2002 New Work. Nikolai Fine Art, New York
2001 The World We Live In. Upstate Art, Phoenicia, New York
1998 Increments. Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
1996 How to Change a Light Bulb. TZ’ Art & Company, New York
States of Being. Site Specifics, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
1994 Mop, Broom, Brush. Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
1993 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions
2021 Color Play. Garvey/Simon at Artisan Lofts, New York NY
Light at the End of the Tunnel. Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Summertime. Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Sunrise Sunset. Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
2020 Select 5. Garvey Simon, New York NY
Not Too Small, Not Too Big. Zinc Contemporary, Seattle,WA
Wallflowers. The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY
2019 Artists of the Mohawk/Hudson Region. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2018 Beyond the Bouquet. Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descano Gardens, Los Angeles CA
Ecophilia. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA
Be Still Life. Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington MA
2017 Herbarium. NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
All Things Great & Small. Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2016 Squared. Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Flora III. Galerie Gris, Hudson, NY
2013 Artists of the Mohawk/Hudson Region. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
Our Backyard. Roos Arts, Rosendale, New York
Cut & Paste. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY. Michael Asbill, juror.
Stone Canoe #7. Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2012 Zoom In. Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2011 Exercises in Unnecessary Beauty. Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY
LOL. Gallery at the Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
Made in NY 2011. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Blooming. Islip Museum of Art, East Islip, NY
2010 Creative Adaptation in the Visual Arts. Second prize winner. Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
2009 In Light Richmond, light-based site-specific installation. Richmond, Virginia
Collage. Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
On the Surface, drawing on paper invitational. Clement Gallery, Troy, NY
2008 Dialogues: Poetry & the Visual Response. Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2007 Considering Materials. Spencertown Academy Spencertown, New York
2006 Treemendous. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
There’s the Rub. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
Real Party. Real Arts Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Night of a Thousand Drawings. Artists Space, New York
2005 Drawings on the Edge. Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, New York
(Re)Collections. The Arts Center for the Capitol Region, Troy, New York
Trashformations East. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
2004 C.C.C.A. Juried Show. Hudson, New York. ‘Best in Show’ award. Frederieke Taylor, juror
2003 Frequencies. Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
2002 A Closer Examination. MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
2001 Material Whirled. Art in General, New York
C.C.C.A. Juried Show. Hudson, New York. ‘Best Work on Paper’ award. Jack Shainman, juror
2000 White. Nikolai Fine Art, New York
Blurred Boundaries. The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York
Art in the Heart of the City. Ithaca Outdoor Exhibition, Ithaca, New York.
1999 Surface Structure. Nikolai Fine Art, New York
1998 Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. Laura Hoptman, juror
Vision 20/20. Carol Squiers, curator. Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York
Cover to Cover. The Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
1997 Trashformations. Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington
1996 The New York State Biennial. Ken Johnson, curator. NY State Museum, Albany, New York
In This Time and Place. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
Square Bubbles. Arthur Gibbons, curator. Union College, Schenectady, New York
1995 Morality. E.I.O. Gallery, The Powerhouse, Cleveland, Ohio
What is the Connection? Trans-Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
Domestic Policies. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1994 National Showcase Exhibition. Alternative Museum, New York
1993 Poverty Pop. Exit Art, New York
National Showcase Exhibition. Alternative Museum, New York
1920. Exit Art, New York
1992 Body & Soul.Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, New York.
Kiki Smith, juror Joseph Cornell: Revisited. Citicorp at Court Square, Long Island City, New York
Modern Times Through the Concerned Eye. Katonah Museum, Katonah, New York.
1991 Myth, Spirituality, & Culture. SUNY, New Paltz, New York. Connie Butler, Gary Sangster, jurors
1985 New Talent. Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Small Works. 80 Washington Square Gallery, New York. Allan Stone, juror
Woodstock National Exhibition. First prize winner. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
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- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
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