Even Though I Wanted to See, I Chose Sleep
Even Though I Wanted to See, I Chose Sleep
Even Though I Wanted to See, I Chose Sleep

Taylor Simmons

Even Though I Wanted to See, I Chose Sleep, 202372 x 107 x 6cm9000 USD
Details
MaterialGalleryLocation
oil, spray paint, pencil on canvasPublic GalleryLondon
Description
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This striking painting features a bold, expressive use of colors and abstracted forms to depict three distinct human heads. The dominant figure in the center commands attention with its exaggerated, distorted features rendered in vibrant hues of orange and yellow. The surrounding portraits exhibit a similar stylized approach, with fragmented, mask-like faces that convey a sense of psychological intensity. The artist's bold, gestural brushstrokes and unconventional composition suggest a strong Expressionist influence, reflecting a desire to elicit powerful emotional responses from the viewer. This work likely reflects the artist's intent to explore the human condition through a visually striking, unconventional lens. ...

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Taylor Simmons
Artist
Taylor Simmons
1990

Taylor Simmons' practice incorporates painting, printmaking and drawing to create predominantly figurative works that centre on the emotional and physical essence of the contemporary lives he depicts. His process stems from his archive of compulsively collated imagery, which merge and manifest in his canvases through loose lines, gestural marks, fluorescent washes and erasure –– scraping the paint away to reveal abstract details. By gathering and layering fragments of what is around him, his work creates a reflection of who he is and what he sees: a face, a pose, a moment, weaving them together as a means to question why they meant something in the first place. ...

Taylor Simmons: Artworks
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Big Feelings
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What A Time
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An Embrace
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The Brutalization Of Rico
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No Defeating The Devil
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Lovers III
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Fort Greene Fever Dream
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Vol. I
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Patron
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Saint
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Spectators
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Black in February
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Pull-A-Part
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Neck!
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Holding
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20th Century
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Self as the Hero
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