Untitled (Latin Study)
Al Taylor
American, 1948–1999

Details
Title
Untitled (Latin Study)
Artist/Maker
Al Taylor (American, 1948–1999)
Date
1985
Medium
Wood, lacquer, and enamel paint mounted on particleboard
Dimensions
24 1/4 x 22 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Credit
Gift of Debbie Taylor in honor of Michael Rooks
Accession #
2018.50
On View
Currently not on view
This work belongs to a series of sculptures and drawings Al Taylor titled Latin Studies, which marked the artist’s transition from painting to constructing three-dimensional objects. Throughout his life, Taylor viewed himself as a painter—not as a sculptor—and referred to his ongoing three-dimensional works as “drawings in space.” This sculpture visually changes as the viewer walks around it. As one faces it head-on, diagonal lines and right angles coalesce to form an irregular circle. The shifting directions of the jutting articulations imply movement and depth, pulling the viewer’s eye in various directions.
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