Henry Taylor: B Side Exhibition Catalogue

Edited by Bennett SimpsonForeword by Johanna BurtonContributions by Wanda Coleman, Karon Davis, Charles Gaines, Harmony Holiday, Bob Kaufman, Walter Price, Bennett Simpson, Frances StarkConversation with Henry Taylor and Hamza Walker Published on the occasion of the exhibition Henry Taylor: B Side, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, November 6, 2022–April 30, 2023. Surveying 30 years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, sculpture and installation, this comprehensive monograph celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, social vision and freewheeling experimentation. Taylor’s portraits and allegorical tableaux—populated by friends, family members, strangers on the street, athletic stars and entertainers—display flashes of familiarity in their seemingly brash compositions, which nonetheless linger in the imagination with uncanny detail. In his paintings on cigarette packs, cereal boxes and other found supports, Taylor brings his primary medium in