"The paintings are charged with potential discomfort- from middle school angst to family dynamics. The work wrestles with the nebulous nature of memory and piecing together the past. Taylor embraces the power of sentimentality and nostalgia, but also confronts the complexity of misunderstood communication. Even shared experiences can be perceived vastly differently. By looking to the past we can begin to better understand ourselves, and those around us."
"The familiar is made strange through careful compositional decisions. Negative space is used to create a certain mood and dictate a relationship to the objects depicted. Cropping or framing acts as a metaphor for psychological barriers. The flat areas of paint are in tension with the spatial depth represented in the paintings, signaling a form of alienation or introspection. Taylor carefully selects everyday objects, such as umbrellas, cakes, or a dining room table, to operate as conduits for an unresolved remembrance of past events."
Lily Taylor recreates memories from growing up in New York City by combining current domestic surroundings with recollections from the past. The paintings convey potential discomfort ranging from middle school angst to fraught family dynamics and wrestle with the nebulous nature of memory and the challenge of piecing together the past. Sentimentality and nostalgia are embraced while misunderstood communication and divergent perceptions of shared experiences are confronted. Careful compositional decisions—use of negative space, cropping, and framing—render the familiar strange and operate as metaphors for psychological barriers. Flat areas of paint set in tension with spatial depth signal alienation or introspection. Everyday objects function as conduits for unresolved remembrance.
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