Nathan Taylor compares his paintings to that of junk food – “highly processed and orchestrated,” he says. The subject matter and the physical paintings are both synthetic in their artificiality that appeal to audiences with immediate ease.
Creating hyper-realistic paintings of burgers and fast-food paraphernalia, his work investigates desire and convenience, which he believes is a key driver for junk food consumption. Hyperrealism combined with gestural mark making explores key concerns of surface and depth, appeal and artifice, value and neglect. The juxtaposition of diverse painterly strategies aims to nurture these deliberate tensions, contextualising our love-hate relationship with food.
Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay
Until 20 December, 2014
Sydney
Best Before II, 2014, acrylic on board, 75 x 80cm
Courtesy the artist and Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney
