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Fortnight: Ross Taylor

Past exhibition
16 - 30 September 2024
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ross Taylor, Thirteen hollow ones, 2023-2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ross Taylor, Thirteen hollow ones, 2023-2024

Ross Taylor

Thirteen hollow ones, 2023-2024
Graphite and charcoal on paper
55 x 45 cm
21 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.
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Photo: Rob Harris. Courtesy of the artist and Brooke Benington
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Ross Taylor, Born under the airport, 2023-2024
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Ross Taylor, Born under the airport, 2023-2024
The drawing titled Thirteen hollow ones features an astronomer, looming over the viewer from above. A night sky stars as the backdrop, the astronomer’s gaze is staring right into the...
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The drawing titled Thirteen hollow ones features an astronomer, looming over the viewer from above. A night sky stars as the backdrop, the astronomer’s gaze is staring right into the viewer’s eyes, as if he was concerned about your focus on the stars. This is a reference to the artist’s everyday life; Taylor often walks by a cemetery where famous astronomers are buried.

Though connected to the other "associates," this character inhabits a space of idiosyncratic loneliness, existing on a different plane of reality. This character’s need to hide behind prosthetics, like the double eyebrows, a baroque style wig, and a fake nose, mirrors the suburban middle-class tendency to seek refuge from mundane life in external embellishments. The prosthetics act as a tool to avoid the self, which shows Taylor’s reflection on the disconnect between personal identity and societal expectations.

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Fortnight, Brooke Benington online (2024)
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