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Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal on canvas The term “Human Machine” for this series was actually inspired by a set of yellowing and stained machine part diagrams that I found in an empty factory in Berlin Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 while I was living in and studying in Berlin. In this series, I attempt to create a dialogue between the human form and the machine. Often mundane and overlooked, these detailed mechanical diagrams of civilization’s most useful everyday machines serve to remind us that we are all a complicated system of assembled parts and components. Beginning with multiple layers of paint on the canvas to evoke the texture of an old factory, decaying and rusting in obsolescence, I lay the human figure on the canvas by hand with charcoal. Leaving the final stages of applying color to everything but the human form, I draw attention to the periodic isolation and monotony of daily existence. Are humans simply machines of one type or another? Or can there be a liberating joy in realizing that we are more than a numbered list of ever-more replaceable parts? In many of my abstract figurative works, I will obscure the face or portions of the figure and leave things just beyond reach to draw the viewer in closer as they attempt to understand what is missing and fill in the empty spaces on their own. I often alternate between painting imagined self-portraits and portraits of people I have known. I also feel that painting the figure more loosely allows for greater exploration, not only by myself, but also on the part of the viewer. There are questions to be answered and the uncomfortable space creates an underlying tension, sometimes emotional and human, and that overall tension is really what I am seeking to achieve. Most of us experience that tension when we are with someone who fascinates us. I want my paintings to fascinate and create emotion. Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it is also something that we learn. People had to learn how to find Van Gogh’s paintings beautiful at one time because they were so vastly different from the established perspective. But we do not question it now. I think that by depicting my own altered version of the human form as I see it, I can lend my own voice. I suppose that by creating a work which is informed by my own personal narrative and which is also intended to be viewed and appreciated, I am in some way creating work that has my own story and a real life behind it. My paintings are often marked by planes of color and texture, from shiny geometric shapes to soft skin to the imagined chemical make-up of the the subject matter. Themes which I return to again and again in my figure painting are the idea of the body, but within an imagined space that invites abstract planes of texture and color as well as the idea of the things surrounding us. Emotions. Thoughts. Experiences.
2008
Acrylic on Canvas
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48 W x 48 H x 2 D in
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As a contemporary artist Taylor Smith explores social awareness through abstraction and figuration with elements of science, traditional still life and portraiture. Smith uses a wide variety of materials and mediums including reclaimed silkscreen frames, discarded analog technology, luxury brands and commercial packaging. She also incorporates mathematics, organic chemistry, mechanics and photography into her work. Frequently working with 8mm film and other analog film mediums, Smith blends the practice of filmmaking and painting. Her recent work explores the relationship between pop culture, luxury brands, political upheaval and crisis to create an unexpected and transformative experience.
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