Zin Taylor
°1977, Calgary (CAN) – lives and works in Paris (FR)
Zin Taylor could be introduced as a narrator of forms, one who uses a diverse range of mediums, including sculptural installations, drawing, animation, writing or storytelling. His practice investigates subjects through their shape, gesture and materiality – in sum, through their sculptural behaviour.
In his work, the physical status of a thing often becomes a space, one that not only hosts narrative prospects but also directs and reconsiders the psychological life of the thing in question. Treating every element – or thing – as a potential interlocutor, Zin Taylor opens up a conversation between and with items to which/whom no word is usually given. It is certainly surprising to see what a thing actually has to say when it is allowed to express something beyond its functionality, beyond its construction and material aspect.
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Zin Taylor – A Structure Choreographed to Filter a Room (Stripe and Dot Arrangement), 2018
Zin Taylor – exhibition view at SouthWark Park Galleries, London
Zin Taylor – 24 Thoughts about Stripes and Dots made into forms and arranged upon a vitrine made of brass and glass, 2012
Zin Taylor – Acrobatic Composition Using Form and Light (Madame Dialogue), 2014
Zin Taylor – The Brain, 2014
Zin Taylor – A structure for language onto an organic form 028, 2011
Zin Taylor – A structure for language onto an organic form 026, 2011
Zin Taylor – A structure for language onto an organic form 13, 2011
Zin Taylor had solo exhibitions at venues such as Portikus, Frankfurt; 1646, The Hague; Oakville Galleries, Toronto; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York; Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; KIOSK, Ghent, and Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis. Group exhibitions include Villa Empain, Brussels; Nogueras|Blanchard Gallery, Madrid; MendesWoodDM, Sao Paulo; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; 1857, Oslo; Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin; and Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau, Paris.
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You can also see more of Zin Taylor’s on his own website.
Zin Taylor – The Story of Stripes and Dots (Chapter 5), exhibition view at Fogo Island Gallery
Zin Taylor – Five Units of Haze, installation view at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, 2016 (Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid)
Zin Taylor – Five Units of Haze, installation view at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, 2016 (Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid)
Zin Taylor – Five Units of Haze, installation view at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, 2016 (Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid)
Zin Taylor – Exhibition view at Lokremise St.Gallen (Photo by Mark Mosman)
Zin Taylor – installation view at Westfälischer Kunstverein, 2017 (Photo by Thorsten Arendt)
Zin Taylor – installation view at Westfälischer Kunstverein, 2017 (Photo by Thorsten Arendt)
