Galería Cayón is pleased to present in his spaces (Orfila 10 and Blanca de Navarra 7, Madrid) Al Taylor's (1948 Springfield, Missouri – 1999, New York) first solo exhibition in Spain.

"Pass the Peas and Shrunken Heads", Cayón, May 12 - July 3, 2015.

The exhibition will show a selection of works that belong to the series “Shrunken Heads” and “Pass the Peas”.

These works underline how the absence of any limits on the materials used by Taylor to create allowed him to study and investigate his relation with the world and the possibilites of visual experience.

"Pass the Peas and Shrunken Heads", Cayón, May 12 - July 3, 2015.
"Pass the Peas and Shrunken Heads", Cayón, May 12 - July 3, 2015.

More precisely, Taylor researchs about the circle and its multiple possibilities as a form. His interest deals with the movement effects and gravitational aspects of the concave and convex shapes.

Al Taylor’s works can be found in a number of magnificent public collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston or the Centre George Pompidou, Paris. In 2017 the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, will present a retrospective.

Al Taylor, Pea passing device, 1992. Plastic hula hoops, wire, and plastic bottle cap rings. 105,4 x 119,4 x 78,7 cm.

AL TAYLOR from Galería Cayon on Vimeo.

Study for pass the peas, 1991

Plastic-coated wire cable, copper wire, and plastic bottle cap rings
55,2 x 71,8 x 58,4 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (3D-1991.44)

Pea passing device, 1992

Plastic hula hoops, wire, and plastic bottle cap rings
105,4 x 119,4 x 78,7 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (3D-1992.07)

Study for pass the peas, 1991

Pencil on paper
49,5 x 36,5 cm
Signed and dated recto; signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-91.028)

Untitled (pass the peas), 1991

Pencil, gouache, and correction fluid on paper torn from spiral ring sketchbook
21,4 x 14 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-91.224)

 

Untitled (pass the peas), 1991

Pencil, gouache, and correction fluid on paper torn from spiral ring sketchbook
33 x 24,4 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-91.234)

Pea passing device study, 1992

Pencil, gouache, and correction fluid on paper torn from spiral ring sketchbook
27,8 x 21,6 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-92.330)

Peas pass time, 1992

Pencil and gouache on paper
51,9 x 38,4 cm
Dated and inscribed verso
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-92.333)

Untitled (Pass the peas), 1991

Pencil, gouache, and correction fluid on paper torn from spiral ring sketchbook
30,5 x 22,9 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-91.281)

Shrunken heads with visions (1993)

Pencil, gouache, and correction fluid on paper torn from spiral ring sketchbook
51,4 x 66,4 cm
Signed and dated recto
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.034)

Shrunken head with X-Ray Vision II (1993)

One fabricated plastic head with artificial hair, metal rod, plastic rings, and wire with wood ceiling mount
196,9 x 52,1 x 32,8 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (3D-1993.11)

Shrunken Heads with X-Ray vision IV (1993)

Three fabricated plastic heads with artificial hair, metal rods, plastic rings, and wire with wood ceiling mount
201,9  x 124,5 x 114,3 cm

Untitled, 1993

Pencil and gouache on paper
72,4 x 44,1 cm
Signed and dated on recto
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.022)

Untitled (Shrunken head with vision), 1993

Pencil, graphite, gouache, ink, and correction fluid on paper
55,9 x 41 cm
Estate of Al Taylor, No. AT (D-93.177)

Untitled (Shrunken heads), 1993

Pencil, graphite, and gouache on paper
43,8 x 48,3 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.187)

Untitled (Shrunken heads with hulahoop), 1993

Pencil, ink, and China marker grease pencil on Somerset paper
56,8 x 35,4 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.201)

Crowded Room, 1993

Pencil, gouache, ink, and correction fluid on paper
34,9 x 42,7 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.202).

Untitled (Shrunken heads with visions), 1993

Pencil, graphite, gouache, ink, and correction fluid on paper
40,5 x 54,5 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.206)

Untitled (Shrunken head with X-Ray vision), 1993

Pencil, graphite, gouache, ink, and correction fluid on paper
57,2 x 35,1 cm
Estate of Al Taylor No. AT (D-93.292)

Untitled (Pair of heads), 1995

Photogravure on Somerset paper (300 gr)
Two plates 38,5 x 26 cm
Edition 9/25 + AP 4; Set of 2

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