Author Brandon Taylor Shares His Top Five Recent Obsessions
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Author Brandon Taylor Shares His Top Five Recent Obsessions
"I am perhaps the world's greatest Novak Djokovichater, but, after watching him play live, it must be said that he is one of the great geniuses of our time. Even though he's on the decline, Djokovic cracked his opponent Learner Tien like a pecan. Djokovic figured out Tien's game and made it look trivial. I've never seen problem-solving like that in real time on a tennis court executed at such a high level."
"I was so immediately entranced when I walked into Susan Rothenberg's recent exhibition, "The Weather," at Hauser & Wirth. One of my favorite works by Rothenberg has a red field with the black outline of a horse and, like so many of her paintings, she's playing on early figuration, on the primitive and the primal. It looks like something is baked into it, like a red clay disc, and the horse appears to be almost in flight with how much it's moving."
Brandon Taylor plays a lot of tennis in New York and follows the U.S. Open closely. He praises Novak Djokovic as one of the great geniuses of his time and describes Djokovic's real-time problem-solving on court. He recounts Djokovic cracking opponent Learner Tien and notes Tien's brilliance but comparative limitations. He was entranced by Susan Rothenberg's exhibition "The Weather" at Hauser & Wirth and highlights a red-field painting of a horse that blends primitive figuration with dynamic movement. He attends New York cultural events including the U.S. Open and the New York Film Festival.
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