Maggie Taylor is a contemporary figural and surrealist artist who primarily uses a flatbed scanner and photoshop to create her works. According to her artist statement, she scans the myriad items that she collects from ebay and flea markets and incorporates them into compositions. Similarly, the humans who populate her works are also scanned in photographs via flatbed. Very little of her artwork is actually hand made for the occasion. Rather, most is assembled "intuitively" to mirror the effects of a photograph.
What I like most about Taylor's work is that each of her pieces emit an aura of mystery. The fine details coupled with the unique positioning of the figures seem to allude to a greater meaning or narrative. Interestingly, most of these allusions are admittedly a farce. According to her artist statement, "There is no one meaning for any of the images, rather they exist as a kind of visual riddle or open-ended poem, meant to be both playful and provocative." In that respect, she certainly accomplishes her goal. Most of the fun in viewing her works is searching for an ultimate meaning that simply is not there.
Her website may be found here.
I really like her work - one of my favorite digital artists!
ReplyDeleteI remember doing a project about her in Computer Art class, and her artwork was baffling, but in a good way.
ReplyDeleteThe only part I dislike is when I found out that there was not real meaning behind most of them :( Disappoint.
But I suppose that leaves the meaning behind her work up to the viewers...
I had a similar reaction, but perhaps she is making a statement with it. Maybe she is trying make some sort of nihilist proposal?
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