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SALI TAYLOR MAKE VER Exhibition Dec 5—24 Warrior Athena 2008 Encaustic and collage 67 x 43 in
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SALI TAYLORM A K E V E RExhibition Dec 5—24
Warrior Athena 2008 Encaustic and collage 67 x 43 in
Who is the modern day Venus? What does she look like? Or perhaps, more importantly, what does she wear?
In Sali Taylor’s montages, images of contemporary fashion models, female iconography, and art history merge, creating an outburst of cultural representation to last throughout the ages. Beneath the schizophrenic identities cloaked in various garb remains the idea of a woman who is just as much a product of the times as the times are a product of her sense of self. Signs of beauty conflate, revealing history’s visual lexicon of womanhood.
Juxtaposing Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” with our own beauty pageants and contemporary runways, Tay-lor’s hybrids make us reassess the present through the lens of the past. “Becoming Venus and Cycladic Series are a mischievous merging of high art and pop cul-ture whose intention is to comment on an ever-chang-ing “feminine” aesthetic,” states Taylor. Mixing humor with the hodgepodge of our own reflection, Taylor’s figures give us the levity to laugh but also the foresight to contemplate the next step.
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MAKEOVER
Venus of Willendorf 2008Encaustic and collage on print on panel 48 x 48 in
Makeover
We’re not in Oz Anymore (Minoan Snake Goddess) 2008Encaustic and collage on print on panel 48 x 48 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Jump 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Jiggle 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Fluffed 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Famished 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Finished 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Family 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Cycladic Magazine Models
Fellowship 2008 Mixed Media on print 271/2 x 20 in
Flat 2008 Collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Athena Makeover
Madonna 2008Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
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Venus de Milo 2008Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
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Model in Vintage Milo 2008Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
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Cycladic Reunion 2008 Encaustic and collage on hollowcore birch panel 24 x 96 x 2 in
Generations 2007Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Evil Twin 2007Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Bagged 2007Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Strategic Alliances 2007Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Pole Dancers 2007Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Perfection 2008Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
To Die For 2008Collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Boy’ant 2008Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Glass Ceiling 2008Encaustic and collage on panel 12 x 12 in
Cycladic Makeover
Astarte 2007Collage and graphite on panel 12 x 12 in
Très Jolie
Closet 2008Collage on panel 12 x 12 in
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Bath 2008Collage and graphite on panel 12 x 12 in
Très Jolie
Pregnant 2008Collage on panel 12 x 12 in
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Bed, Brad, & Babies 2008Collage and colored pencil on panel 12 x 12 in
Très Jolie
