Paul Taylor (art critic)
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Paul Taylor | |
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Born | 1957 Melbourne |
Died | 7 September 1992 Melbourne |
Occupation | Art critic |
Paul Taylor (Melbourne, 1957–7 September 1992) was an Australian art critic, curator, editor and publisher. In 1981, he founded Art & Text, the contemporary art journal considered to be responsible for generating and promoting postmodernist discourse in Australian art.
Life
Taylor was born in 1957 in Melbourne, Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) at Monash University, Melbourne in 1979, studying under Patrick McCaughey (founder of the Visual Arts department at Monash University) with fellow students including Jenepher Duncan and Jan Minchin.
In 1981, Taylor founded the contemporary Australian art journal Art & Text.
In 2012, Taylor was the subject of the symposium Impresario: Paul Taylor, Art & Text POPISM at Monash University. A book, based on the symposium, was published in 2013.[4]
Art & Text
Taylor's journal Art & Text presented a new vision for Australian art that was grounded in the translation, interpretation and application of French poststructuralist theory to contemporary art. In 1983, issue 11 included the first English translation of Jean Baudrillard’s essay "The Precession of Simulacra". Taylor maintained an enduring commitment to New Wave sub-culture and its subsequent theorisation by sociologists such as Dick Hebdige. Notably influential on Taylor's thinking was Hebdige's book 1979 book, Subculture: The Meaning of Style.
Under Taylor's editorship, Art & Text worked closely with contemporary artists to publish both their writings and their artworks in the form of artist pages. These artists included Imants Tillers, John Nixon, Maria Kozic, Peter Tyndall, Howard Arkley, David Chesworth, Philip Brophy, Juan Davila and Vivienne Shark LeWitt among others.
Following a symposium organised by Monash University's MUMA[5] in September 2012, a plan to produce a book about Taylor was announced. In December 2013, Helen Hughes and Nicholas Croggon released Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981-1984.[6]
Taylor bequeathed his papers to the
Bibliography
- Taylor, Paul. 'Popism', Melbourne, Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria, 1982.
- Taylor, Paul (ed.). Anything Goes: Art in Australia 1970–1980, Melbourne: Art & Text, 1984.
- Taylor, Paul. After Andy: SoHo in the Eighties, Melbourne: Schwartz City, 1995.
- Taylor, Paul. Impresario: Malcolm McLaren and the British New Wave. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0-262-70035-1
- Foss, Paul, McKenzie, Rob, Chambers, Ross and Butler, Rex (eds). The & Files: Paul Foss, Art & Text 1981–2002, Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art and Florida: Whale and Star, 2009.
Critical studies and reviews of Taylor's work
- Jaspers, Anneke (Summer 2014–2015). "In the 'second degree' : revisiting Paul Taylor's 'POPISM' at the NGV". Art Monthly Australia. 276: 50–55.
References
- ^ "Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981–1984". SURPLLUS. 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Paul, 1958-; National Gallery of Victoria (1982), Popism, Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria, retrieved 10 March 2024
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Paul Taylor, 35, Dies; Australian Art Critic"". The New York Times. 18 September 1992. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-922099-08-2.)
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link - ^ "Symposium: Paul Taylor", Monash University, 2012.
- ^ "Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981–1984", Monash University, 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Paul. "Papers of Paul Taylor, 1969-1992". Trove. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
External links
- "Paul Taylor, 35, Dies; Australian Art Critic", The New York Times, 18 September 1992.
- Impresario: Paul Taylor / Art & Text / Popism symposium, held at Monash University, Melbourne, September 2012.
- Review of Impresario: Paul Taylor / Art & Text / Popism symposium, held at Monash University, Melbourne, September 2012.
- Michael Kimmelman, "Review/art: Malcolm McLaren show", The New York Times, 16 September 1988.
- Adrian Martin, "Dynamic visionary honoured for his genius impact and originality", The Age, 29 August 2012.
- Heather Barker and Charles Green, "No More Provincialism: Art & Text", emaj, Vol. 5, 2010.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120317141749/http://www.melbourneartjournal.unimelb.edu.au/E-MAJ/pdf/issue5/barker-green.pdf
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