The Peabody Group #29

An American artist of the post-Minimalist generation, Taylor was active in New York in the 1980s and 90s as a sculptor and draftsman. He often found inspiration for his lyrical and witty compositions in banal objects and everyday situations. The Peabody drawings were inspired by the puddles and stains left on the sidewalk by dogs. With the paper flat on the ground, Taylor dribbled ink and watercolor across the surface and manipulated the sheet to control the flow of the medium and shape of the stains. He then labeled each rivulet with humorous pet names, from Stew and Potato to Indigo, Indigoing, and Indigone. With irony, the work evokes both Jackson Pollock's drip paintings and the maps and diagrams of Conceptual art.