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Brian Taylor
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AboutOne of the most powerful sculptors of the decade.He has work in London, New York, Blenheim Palace etc, and has exhibited widely. |
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Exhibition HistoryOne Person Exhibitions1960 - One person exhibition at the Babuinetta Gallery 1962 - Solo exhibition at Via dell Corso Gallery 1970 - Greenwich Threatre Gallery 1978 - South London Gallery 1992 - Mary Kleinman Gallery 1999 - The Gallery 2000 - The Gallery Group Exhibitions 1980 - Society of Rome Scholars, South London Gallery 1981 - Mall Gallery 1981 - Royal Academy Summer Show 1982 - Hayward Annual at Hayward Gallery 1982 - Royal Academy Summer Show 1983 - Royal Academy Summer Show 1984 - Royal Academy Summer Show 1985 - Hannah Peshars Sculpture Garden 1991 - Edwin Coe 1992 - Whitechapel Open Exhibition 1995 - Edwin Coe 1997 - The Royal Society of Portrait Sculptors 1997 - Cheltenham Touring Drawing Competition 1997 - The Discerning Eye Mall Gallery 1998 - Whitechapel Open Studio Show 1998 - Internet ArtOnLine 1998 - Edwin Coe 1998 - Society of Portrait Sculptor 1998 - The London Contemporary Art and Design Fair 1998 - Mall Gallery 1998 - City of London Art Fair 1998 - Kensington Art and Design Show 1998 - Royal Academy Summer Show 1999 - Chelsea Art Fair 1999 - Bath Art Fair 1999 - Royal Academy Summer Show 2000 - The Royal Society of British Sculptors | |||||||||||
Biography / CVBrian Taylor was born in Sutton on December 22nd 1935. He was educated at Epsom School of Art, where Richard, now Sir Richard Rogers, the architect was amoung his contemporaries. While there, still only 16, he was given his first exhibition at Zwemmer's gallery. He showed dramatically conceived linocuts, including "The four horsemen of the Apocalyps". From 1954 to 1958 he studied at the Salde School of Art, where his teachers included Reg Butler and F.E. McWilliams. Paul de Monchaux, Kim Lim, Michael Sandle and Yolanda Sonnabend were fellow students. At the Slade, Brian worked consistently from close oberservation of life, developing an intuitive and uncoventionally expressive reponse to what he saw. Henry Moore's praise for Brians independent vision marked a turning point in the way his work was perceived by the school. In 1956 he carried off most of the student prizes and, at the end of his final year, was awarded a first class Diploma in Fine Art and a Post-Graduate Schlorship. In 1958 he received the Rome Scholarship. His experience in Rome was the most formative of his career. As he said, he became "completely immersed in last Archaic Greek and Truscan sculpture and admired greatly the sculture of Medardo Rosso. In his first year at the British Academy in Rome he met Anthony Blunt, Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, who recognised Brians aspirations, encouraging him with the gift of a block of travertine stone. From this he carved his first standing figure. In 1960 he was given a one person sculpture exhibition at the Babuinetta Gallery in Rome where he showed maquettes of the figure carved from travertine, a greyhound dog and portraits. At the conclusion of his three year scholarship Brian stayed of in Rome working as an assistant in the studio of Emilio Greco, while continuing to strenghten his own ideas. He was given a further sols show at the Via dell Corso Gallersey in 1962. | |||||||||||
Awards and Prizes1955 - First prize Painting at The Slade School of Art1956 - Two First prizes in sculpture at The Slade School of Art 1957 - Second prize in Composition 1958 - First prize of Composition and awarded Rome prize in sculpture 1998 - The Discerning Eye, Sculpture Prize, Art Review | |||||||||||
Acquisitions / CollectionsPrivate CollectionsThe Duchess of Marlborough Felix Dennis Collections in London, Wales, Italy and USA | |||||||||||
ReviewsFilm by Ralph Steadman about Brians Burano Horse 1998Brian "Artist Eye" Art Review 1998 Time Cooper "Froma Stable" in Evening Standard 1998 | |||||||||||
Qualifications / Education1962 - 64 Worked in Rome in the studio of Emilio Greco, Renato Javarone, The Marquese di Colbertaldo1961 - British School of Athens 1958 - 61 Rome Scholarship 1954 - 58 Slade School of Fine Art 1953 - Epsom and Ewel School of Arts and Crafts 1950 - 52 Sutton School of Fine Arts and Crafts Diploma in Fine Art and postgraduate Scholarship Rome Scholarship | |||||||||||
Publications / Media / BibliographyRalph Steadmans Garden" in the Daily Telegraph 1989Ralph Steadman "Horse and Car" in Autocar 1997 | |||||||||||
Teaching Experience1984 Sabbatical - Working Tour of the USA1982 - Visiting Art Director Accademia Brittanica 1965 - 84 Camberwell School of Art 1978 Sabbatical - for written treatise of life size bronze horse 1974 - 76 - Visiting Lecturer Falmouth College of Art 1974 - 76 - Goldsmiths College of Art 1974 - 76 - Winchester College of Art | |||||||||||
Influences / InspirationImmersed in late Archaic Greek and Etruscan sculpture and admired greatly the sculpture of Medado Rosso | |||||||||||
Price Range of WorkBrian Taylor's work has a price range from £10000 to £10000. | |||||||||||
Mediums utilisedBrian Taylor's work is found in the following materials:Bronze | |||||||||||
Artparks exhibitionsBrian Taylor's work has been exhibited at the following yearly exhibitions held at the ArtParkS sculpture park:2009 ArtParkS Sculpture Park Exhibition Brian Taylor's work has been exhibited at the following yearly exhibitions held at the ArtParkS sculpture park: 2008 ArtParkS Sculpture Park Exhibition | |||||||||||
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