Patrick Tayler
“MIAU!” “♥♥♥!” “FUCK OFF!” “VROOOM!” “⟡ ⟡ ⟡!” “XXX!”
L👁👁KING THROUGH PROFANE GEMSTONES
Widescreen Extravaganza
Ákos Ezer: "At least we had fun today..."
Patrick Tayler
In these monumental, museum-scale compositions, Ákos Ezer switches into berserk mode. The “director’s cut” provides additional side narratives, extras, and goodies. It is rewarding to invest the extra “leg work” into exploring these two- or three-piece mega constructions.
Aerosol Windows of the Soul
An interview with Jon Burgerman
Patrick Tayler
Jon Burgerman’s mesmerising stand-alone figures and choirlike paintings are magnetically endearing but also confrontational. Their intense features pulsate ferociously, finding ways to get imprinted behind your eyelids. His work dissolves categories, oscillating between genres and functions, creating new audiences, viewers and fandoms. To learn about the complexity of the issues at hand, I talked with the multifaceted artist who is also one of the exhibitors of the thematic group show titled The Cuteness Factor.