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The present publication is the catalogue raisonné of Al Taylor's graphic works and introduces a previously nearly unknown aspect of his oeuvre to the public for the first time. Aside from the published prints, the catalogue also includes all the trial proofs and variations, which sometimes substantially differ from the final versions. Taylor's graphic works combine the age-old medium with new creative ideas, the experimental spirit of which makes them among the most inventive works produced by this generation. Thanks to a series of important exhibitions, the American artist (1948-1999), who understood himself not as a sculptor but more as a painter and draughtsman, has received the attention of a growing audience since the early nineties.

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Quoting Al Taylor in the introduction to the catalogue raisonne of his prints, Michael Semff, director of the Graphische Sammling Munchen, writes that printmaking fulfilled Taylor's own demand to devise 'elaborate programs. systems, and methods which break down, fall apart, and change the more successful they become, taking on meanings and a life beyond' taking on meanings and a life beyond' his 'original intentions as a matter of course, and Taylor welcomed the medium's balance of control and surprise. The 163 projects documented in Al Taylor Prints: Catalogue Raisonne- many in variant versions and proofs that bring the total number of entries to 230- testify not only to Taylor's experimental spirit in the medium but also to the striking consistency of his vision.--Faye Hirsch Art in Print

Quoting Al Taylor in the introduction to the catalogue raisonne of his prints, Michael Semff, director of the Graphische Sammling Munchen, writes that printmaking fulfilled Taylor's own demand to devise 'elaborate programs. systems, and methods which break down, fall apart, and change the more successful they become, taking on meanings and a life beyond' taking on meanings and a life beyond' his 'original intentions as a matter of course, and Taylor welcomed the medium's balance of control and surprise. The 163 projects documented in Al Taylor Prints: Catalogue Raisonne- many in variant versions and proofs that bring the total number of entries to 230- testify not only to Taylor's experimental spirit in the medium but also to the striking consistency of his vision.--Faye Hirsch Art in Print (08/01/2014)

"Quoting Al Taylor in the introduction to the catalogue raisonne of his prints, Michael Semff, director of the Graphische Sammling Munchen, writes that printmaking fulfilled Taylor's ""own demand to devise 'elaborate programs. systems, and methods which break down, fall apart, and change the more successful they become, taking on meanings and a life beyond' taking on meanings and a life beyond' his 'original intentions"" as a matter of course, and Taylor welcomed the medium's balance of control and surprise. The 163 projects documented in Al Taylor Prints: Catalogue Raisonne- many in variant versions and proofs that bring the total number of entries to 230- testify not only to Taylor's experimental spirit in the medium but also to the striking consistency of his vision.--Faye Hirsch ""Art in Print"""

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