Nature, the green mass that rolls past the train window, it fills the void between cities, a complex construction where minimal inventory provides maximum diversity. Nature is too extensive to fully understand, nature cannot be influenced by argument, nature is unassuming but without fear. In a time of tension and polarization, war and disease, I seek security in nature's indifference to the human condition.
In his first solo exhibition at Katrineholm's Konsthall, David Taylor portrays nature as a system that creates diversity from a few simple components. A finely calibrated phenomenon whose response is controlled.
This large lighting installation in coerced aluminium tube, consisting of 4 individual elements, is reminiscent of sprouting growth structures in multicellular organisms before being exposed to the sun. Brushed aluminium 4X3X2m
This floor piece is made using by introducing folds into sheet aluminum to produce a graphical representation of the pond in the vicinity of my house. The contours of the pond are as seen through the lens of Google Earth. Anodized aluminium sheet 350X240cm
This large lighting installation in coerced aluminium tube, consisting of 4 individual elements, is reminiscent of sprouting growth structures in multicellular organisms before being exposed to the sun. Brushed aluminium 4X3X2m
Is a stylized representation of the small river that connects communities in the area of Sweden where I live. Anodized aluminium sheet 320X150cm
A wall mounted digital clock, its large format, 120X100cm creates an immediate focal point, the hypnotic pulsing as the passage of time is recorded and the suggestion of a crucifix in its form.
“With a simple material palette and a vital design language, David Taylor creates a striking visual alchemy when he dismantles the boundary between interior and exterior, between nature and culture.”