Laurence Miller Gallery Exhibition                            April 5 - May 19, 2001

 Maggie Taylor

Working with a computer and a flatbed scanner, Ms. Taylor is able to create complex color images from common and ordinary objects. Her pictures are endowed with a blend of wit, realism, and irony that make us smile and cringe at the same time. In Birthday Girl, a rather staid-looking female figure floats mysteriously above the floor, her dress tied up and legs like a helium-filled balloon. In Easter Sunday, a small pig is given wings - perhaps as a foretelling of his future as Easter Sunday Dinner? And in Out of the Nest, a fledgling human with baby-bird wings has fallen down and seems to be unable to help itself up. In the words of curator Dennis High, "a journey into Maggie's world, no matter how brief, is one of magic and wonder."

Maggie Taylor was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1961, and received an MFA in photography from the University of Florida in 1987. She is the recipient of many technology-associated awards, and a Florida Artist Fellowship in 1986. Her work is in the collections of the Art Museum, Princeton; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard; Musee de la Photographie, Belgium; Museet For Fotokunst, Denmark, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This is her first solo show at the Laurence Miller Gallery.

Artist Biography    All artworks 21 x 21" Iris prints, edition 40

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Maggie Taylor, Birthday Girl, 2000 (20620 bytes)

Birthday Girl, 2000

 

 Maggie Taylor, The Loomer, 2000 (12240 bytes)

The Loomer, 2000

 Maggie Taylor, Philosopher's Daughter, 2000 (23037 bytes)

Philosopher's Daughter, 2000

 Maggie Taylor, Companion, 1998 (31044 bytes)

Companion, 1998
Maggie Taylor, The Weather Girl, 1998 (25876 bytes)

The Weather girl, 1998

 

 Maggie Taylor, Small Possibility, 1999 (20172 bytes)

Small Possibility, 1999

 Maggie Taylor, Out of the Nest, 1999 (20415 bytes)

Out of the Nest, 1999

 Maggie Taylor, Maybe Never, 1998 (26048 bytes)

Maybe Never, 1998
Maggie Taylor, Bird Girls by the Sea, 1999 (16688 bytes)

Bird Girls by the Sea, 1999

 

 Maggie Taylor, Messenger, 2000 (19521 bytes)

Messenger, 2000

 Maggie Taylor, The Attendance Record, 1999 (23718 bytes)

The Attendance Record, 1999

 Maggie Taylor, Just Looking, 1999 (20602 bytes)

Just Looking, 1999
Maggie Taylor, Poet's House, 1999 (26550 bytes)

Poet's House, 1999

 Maggie Taylor, Late, 2000 (19923 bytes)

Late, 2000

 Maggie Taylor, Baltic Rain, 2001 (20767 bytes)

Baltic Rain, 2001

 Maggie Taylor, Graded Eggs, 1998 (10356 bytes)

Graded Eggs, 1998

 
Maggie Taylor, Easter Sunday, 1997 (32216 bytes)

Easter Sunday, 1997

 

 Maggie Taylor, Waders, 2000 (18118 bytes)

Waders, 2000

 Maggie Taylor, Another Blue Train, 1999 (25384 bytes)

Another Blue Train, 1999

 Maggie Taylor, Waiting for a Long Time, 1999 (26282 bytes)

Waiting for a Long Time, 1999
Maggie Taylor, Water Sisters, 2001 (18073 bytes)

Waiting for a Long Time, 1999

 Maggie Taylor, R.L., 2001(15942 bytes)

R.L. 2001

 Maggie Taylor, Turning, 2001 (21016 bytes)

Turning, 2001

 

 

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