12/6/2014
Zin Taylor
Kunstraum, London
The Tangental Zigzag. Like the snake, the zigzag progresses forwards through narrative space but only by a series of tangental bounds not quite directed towards its final destination.
The Tangental Zigzag at Kunstraum, London is the first solo-show in the UK of Brussels-based Canadian artist Zin Taylor. In a new series of works on paper Taylor’s thick marker zigzag lines are cut with drawings and photographs from the artist’s archive; a group of lamps occupy the exhibition space, their twisting forms borrowed from the coiled movement of snakes; and Taylor re-conceives Kunstraum’s front desk in plywood and paint as an articulated series of zones for work and pleasure.
Taylor sees written language as a visual form – the horizontal movement of words to produce narrative and the vertical gestures to form the letters. Taylor’s title for the show ‘The Tangental Zigzag’ touches on the visual relationship between the movement of a snake and the letter ‘s’, which when strung together is used to represent the snake’s hiss. The zigzag – like the snake – progresses forwards through narrative space but only by a series of tangental bounds not quite directed towards its final destination.
Zin Taylor (b. 1978 in Calgary, Canada) lives and works in Brussels. Recent solo exhibitions include: Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto, CA (2014); Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, CA; Fogo Island Arts, CA; Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, DK; Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE (all 2013); La Loge, Brussels, BE; and MuHKA, Antwerp, BE (2012). Group shows include: CGP, London, UK; Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau, Paris, FR (both 2014); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT (all 2013); and Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, US (2012).
Image: Zin Taylor, Zig Zag-Tangent-Test-Form, 2014. Ink on card, c-prints, mixed media, 70 x 50 cm
opens Friday 13 June, 6.30–9pm
Kunstraum
15a Cremer Street - London E2 8HD
Thursday to Saturday 12:00 — 18:00