BODY LANGUAGE

Imogen Taylor

Unabashed and demanding, paintings by Auckland-based artist Imogen Taylor have stage presence, they push, pull, crowd and distance in her solo exhibition for Artspace.

BODY LANGUAGE articulated the actual circumstances in which viewers as beholders, interpreters, or audience members encounter artworks, become aware, and act accordingly. Large scale works constructed in acrylic upon hessian and canvas send out signals - curvilinear, geometric, biomorphic - they appealed and activated relationships which aided a unique exhibition environment. Architectural elements form ramps, platforms, or a stage, they existed with the paintings as large forms inviting certain types of movement or behaviour.

A multitude of drawings amassed by the artist formed an additional component to the exhibition. On display upon a wall adjacent to the paintings, each drawing was made on the fly, marking with available materials moments of attention or distraction as well as experimentation and execution on a smaller scale. A hand-drawn artist zine was produced titled No Idea , as part of BODY LANGUAGE in both limited print and electronic form. Both insightful and incisive it examines the vicissitudes and politics of the local art scene at the time.

Emphasis is placed upon multiple art situations, situations that included contemplation, mind-wandering, or preparation - art situations that extended through various places, temporalities, modalities, energies, and moods.

Co-curated by Victoria Wynne-Jones
Architectural Elements designed by Kimberly Read
Produced by Michael Lee

Adrian Yildiz
Anna Gardner
Leah Mulgrew
Henry Davidson
Michael Lett
Andrew Thomas
Sue Hillery
Zac Penney
Justin Warren
Selina Ershadi