Ross Taylor
Floater, 2021-2025
Oil paint on linen
48 x 58 cm
18 7/8 x 22 7/8 in.
18 7/8 x 22 7/8 in.
Unique
Photo: Rob Harris. Courtesy of the artist and Brooke Benington
Further images
Floater represents a swollen, drifting humanoid lost in a sea of floaters, which resemble illegible letters. Floaters are shadows that drift across the eye, or between the vitreous and the...
Floater represents a swollen, drifting humanoid lost in a sea of floaters, which resemble illegible letters. Floaters are shadows that drift across the eye, or between the vitreous and the retina. These objects within pockets of liquid in the gel that fills the eye take the form of an alien language emerging from the painting’s surface. The distorted figure appears weightless, suspended in layers of scraped paint and rough textures that expose layering of time. The figure’s contours dissolve into the dreamy, colourful background, where identity is uncertain.
