Keith Haring's New York in the early 1980s was a specific place and a specific moment — the subway drawings, the clubs, the particular energy of a scene that was...
Keith Haring's New York in the early 1980s was a specific place and a specific moment — the subway drawings, the clubs, the particular energy of a scene that was making itself up as it went. Benjamin Thomas Taylor's screen print reaches back into that period as a love letter rather than a document, the rainbow shades doing the same work as Haring's own colour choices: joy as a statement, brightness as a position.
The title tells you what the piece is: a story about dancing to someone's mixtapes, the music implied rather than present, the moment of movement described through colour. Taylor's practice consistently draws on artists he admires — his Hockney swimming pool series and Matisse garden series carry the same quality of homage as expertise, one painter paying careful attention to another across time. Limited edition, signed and numbered. £145.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Benjamin Thomas Taylor
Benjamin Thomas Taylor is a British Pop Art-influenced painter and printmaker based in London. Raised in Snowdonia, he studied painting at the University of Brighton. His work — bold, joyful and studded with art historical references — has been collected internationally since 2015. Commercial commissions include album artwork for Paolo Nutini’s number one Caustic Love, as well as projects for Nike, Rough Trade Records and Robbie Williams.
