Wendy Taylor was born in 1945, she grew up in Bow - in the East End of London. At the age of seventeen she arrived at St Martin’s School of Art and remained there until 1967.
Much of Taylor's work presents a strong illusionistic element, a visual contradiction. Her chain pieces are an ongoing series - in these works she has selected an object that is universally known, with universally accepted properties, and has taken its role and reversed it. The result is a contradiction of expectation and works appear to defy gravity, to levitate - many of her works can be seen to be challenging factuality. Taylor was one of the first artists of her generation to take art out of the galleries and onto the streets - producing numerous large scale, site specific sculptures. Her sculptures, drawings and prints are all meticulously executed.
Taylor’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Whitechapel Gallery (1966, 1980), Camden Arts Centre (1968, 1969), Serpentine Gallery (1971) and the 1978 Hayward Annual, as well as having thirteen solo exhibitions. Taylor is represented in many public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Wendy lives and works in East London.
Much of Taylor's work presents a strong illusionistic element, a visual contradiction. Her chain pieces are an ongoing series - in these works she has selected an object that is universally known, with universally accepted properties, and has taken its role and reversed it. The result is a contradiction of expectation and works appear to defy gravity, to levitate - many of her works can be seen to be challenging factuality. Taylor was one of the first artists of her generation to take art out of the galleries and onto the streets - producing numerous large scale, site specific sculptures. Her sculptures, drawings and prints are all meticulously executed.
Taylor’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Whitechapel Gallery (1966, 1980), Camden Arts Centre (1968, 1969), Serpentine Gallery (1971) and the 1978 Hayward Annual, as well as having thirteen solo exhibitions. Taylor is represented in many public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Wendy lives and works in East London.
The Piper Gallery 2012