sarah taylor West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
With a background in Fine Art Painting I trained for my MA at Chelsea College of Art, My ‘painting’ and practice research continue to investigate how painting is situated within codes of class and gender as they relate to questions of aesthetics in painting.
My practice research introduced the concept of Aspirational Beauty in 2011. The concept of Aspirational Beauty is to understand creative endeavours and practices that are outside of, or marginalised from established theoretical conventions and definitions. The concept of Aspirational Beauty is traced and articulated through a process of writing through multi disciplinary perspectives that incorporate and link painting, history, material culture, literature, sociology and fine art practice. I argue that Aspirational Beauty is a creative resistance to conforming to socially inscribed ideals of respectability. This research considers Aspirational Beauty as a possible position in establishing aesthetic resistance to class shame.
Artwork
Cory, Oil on Cotton napkin, 2022
Aspirational Beauty , Oil on linen., printed apron and gesso on tea towel, 2011
Still from film work, , Film still, 2023
Still images Little pink Bush, 2023
Projects and exhibitions
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The Court of Neptune14/08/2024 — 24/08/2024 The exhibition, The Court of Neptune, provided a platform for artists Logue and Taylor to explore their family histories and working class cultural heritage which begins with their links to Govan in Glasgow. Logue’s father worked in the ship building industry, serving his apprenticeship at Fairfield Shipyard. Taylor’s father joined the... [Read more] |
The Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow | Details |
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Backgrounds and Backdrops24/02/2022 — 27/04/2022 The output ‘Backgrounds and Backdrops’ is a curatorial research project by Taylor and Paul that brings together two short artists' films and interdisciplinary materials such as photography, painting, and domestic objects. This exhibition brings together works by Painter Taylor and Filmmaker Paul. The collaboration was facilitated by... [Read more] |
Gallery B Leeds School of Art, Leeds | Details |
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Teaching Portfolio05/10/2015 — 07/10/2015 The publication 'Teaching Painting' addresses the historical, theoretical, pedagogical and continually shifting methods of how the medium is taught. It asks how and why approaches to teaching painting have changed and developed and offers a platform through which practices and experience can be shared. The book includes introductions by Ian... [Read more] |
Teaching painting confrence at the Whitworth Museum., Mancester | Details |
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Labour Exchange Taylor, Sarah and Nougarède, Magali (2014) [Show/Exhibition]27/05/2014 — 20/06/2014 This exhibition brings together works by painter Sarah Taylor and photography practitioner Magali Nougarède. ‘Labour Exchange’ was initially developed with Helen Sear who noticed similarities in Nougarède and Taylor’s practices. Research process: In their practice research, both artists use the domestic object as source material,... [Read more] |
Bay Arts, Cardiff | Details |
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A Fakes Progress / Exhibtion02/03/2013 — 05/04/2013 'A Fake's Progress' comprises work from two series of paintings which explore and question values and aspirations reflecting our experience and engagement with art and particularly the art of painting |
Cresent Arts, Scarborough | Details |