Thursday 15 May 2014

James Tailor

Exploring perceptions within painting, James Tailor has spent three years experimenting with this medium and the alternatives that can be achieved. Tailor’s work often sits somewhere between painting and sculpture, although he considers his practice to be that of a painter and deems everything he creates using paint to be a painting. James’ inspiration comes from overlooked or everyday objects and he has recently completed several projects including a replica of the Venus de Milo, a Marquee Tent and Shop Awnings embracing his own acrylic paint techniques and the pairing of objects he repurposes to constitute a stretcher. By using unconventional stretchers and overlooked but recognisable objects within his work James Tailor challenges the perception of what a painting is and encompasses the world beyond the gallery into his practice.

“Acrylic Paint on Stretcher”,
Painting, (acrylic paint and marquee stretcher) 150cm x dimension variable

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