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Recently, we featured Taylor WhiteOur work in’s A PortfolioWhite’s new solo show has us enthralled. Meat Dream, on view L21 GalleryPalma is located in Spain. In this recent body of work, we encounter unstable houses, and vibrating office chairs – transforming these archetypes into complex, movement-desperate structures, reminiscent of sculptural images.
As we look at these paintings, we can imagine the frantic process that goes into drawing. This urge to draw on the canvas in a raw form, without any filtering, is what we see.
The “images” are recognizable, we know the house, the chair, all of these naïve models of our upbringing. The use of familiar icons makes them recognizable but the strength and depth are what make them distinctive. White’s intuitive approach to drawing makes an alteration to the proportions, due to the fast-pace, time-limited dynamic way of painting.
The work conveys in a palpable feeling of being “on edge”, caught in a dichotomy of panic and euphoria. In the drawings, we can see the compression and the urgency that is evident in each series. The overlaying creates a perpetual motion which increases the paradoxical range of feelings.
As we begin this body of work, we are prompted to question the emotions that underlie these archetypes. Do we have the same feelings towards a house as we do towards a chair? Do we feel the same towards a house? What do these symbols represent in the current social landscape?
When approaching, adapting and restructuring these archetypes, a new layer meaning emerges – Through a dark-humored perspective to these all-time known prototypes, we find simplicity and immerse ourselves to cancel out the external influences.
In an exclusive interview, the artist revealed how his paintings took over his house, forcing him to relocate. This sense of urgency echoes throughout his artworks and evokes a feeling of intensity and immediacy. In the same interview, White admitted that he was initially intimidated by color theories and art principles. However, this changed once he began to rely on his intuition. And this proposal is shown today.” —Zé Ortigão