Taylor McKimens "Stoic Youth"

Exhibition catalogue Softcover, 90 pages The Hole September 2015   MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:In this tightly conceived exhibition, over twenty new paintings explore the same subject—two people’s heads—inspired by two Greek sculptures from the Metropolitan Museum. These androgynous and perplexingly blank heads are the common denominator in a diverse show where McKimens experiments boldly with formal painting aspects like color, line, volume and figure-ground relationships. Employing his traditional painting and drawing talents, and pushing past their limitations, the artist fixes his subject matter so he can experiment within these restrictions to innovate. The result is a very atypical figurative painting show that looks at what the concerns of figurative art might be in 2015. Taylor McKimens has been known for years as a painter of “American Life” today, making large and narrative paintings that feature rural tableaux, economically marginalized people, overlooked and often beautiful d