Pol Taburet

Pol Taburet

BornNationalityBased In
1997FrenchParis
Biography

Pulling from influences that span his Caribbean heritage, voodoo traditions, devotional and Baroque art, Pol Taburet’s paintings are unique, enigmatic and immediately recognisable. While compositional and stylistic elements within the artist’s works are reminiscent of 20th Century painter Francis Bacon – specifically through their abstracted, distorted and sometimes horrifying figuration, and the two-dimensional colour blocking of the figures’ backdrops – Taburet combines acrylic paint with digital airbrushing. Through this combination of new and old technologies, the artist portrays characters that look like computer-generated avatars, perhaps representations of real people rendered through the digital. Hybridity is a notion reflected both in the figures’ reluctance to be categorised as either human or animal, as well as in the undoing of the binary between life and death. The figures appear to be in limbo, a purgatory of sorts, occupying a flattened, liminal space outside of time. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
The Outsiders
Pol Taburet
The Outsiders, 2021
162 x 130cm
Strippers Joint and Percocet
Pol Taburet
Strippers Joint and Percocet, 2021
195 x 130cm
The Opera Singer
Pol Taburet
The Opera Singer, 2021
130 x 195cm
Hard Corridor
Pol Taburet
Hard Corridor, 2021
150 x 150cm
Untitled
Pol Taburet
Untitled, 2021
162 x 114cm
A sacred pit
Pol Taburet
A sacred pit, 2021
195.6 x 114.3cm
XXX.hot.Love.Ily.doyou?
Pol Taburet
XXX.hot.Love.Ily.doyou?, 2021
146 x 97cm
Gotterspeise
Pol Taburet
Gotterspeise, 2021
180 x 180cm
I'm Home
Pol Taburet
I'm Home, 2021
180 x 180cm
Untitled
Pol Taburet
Untitled, 2021
146 x 97cm
Blue door and red windows
Pol Taburet
Blue door and red windows, 2021
210 x 180cm
Un pied mort suspendu / Levitating dead foot
Pol Taburet
Un pied mort suspendu / Levitating dead foot, 2021
200 x 115 x 4cm
Dawn I
Four feet and a plan I
Pol Taburet
Four feet and a plan I, 2024
145 x 130cm
Soul Train
Pol Taburet
Soul Train, 2023
52 x 174 x 46cm
My Dear
Pol Taburet
My Dear, 2023
95 x 120 x 195cm
Four feet and a plan II
Pol Taburet
Four feet and a plan II, 2024
145 x 130cm
Dawn III
Pol Taburet
Dawn III, 2024
38 x 61cm
Porte Manteau
Pol Taburet
Porte Manteau, 2024
89 x 146cm
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