Bill Saylor
Willow Grove
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Neptune’s Machine
Magenta Plains presents Neptune’s Machine, Bill Saylor’s second exhibition at the gallery consisting of new paintings and large-scale sculpture. Saylor’s approach to topics of natural history, marine biology, and ecological crisis along with a freedom of materiality galvanize his distinct painting style.
The title is a nod to the mythology of a collective past, while acknowledging a very real phenomenon: oceans are the planet’s main regulatory system. Currents contribute and alter jet streams, drive weather patterns, stabilize temperatures and guide wildlife. Often those trajectories are as erratic and reckless as the deities’ mercurial temperament. The metaphor of Neptune’s Machine captures the raw energy and natural force of Saylor’s hand and allows for a broad representation of his explorations.
Built up with layers of splattered and poured paint, parts of Saylor’s canvases resemble chemical spills—motifs of environmental damage propelled by a frenetic and muscular application of paint smeared and scratched. Notational devices appear on canvases as abstracted weather maps. Their features, symbols, and contours delineate compositions that are scattered with both real and hybrid figures, evincing an ever-present drawing practice in which his work is rooted.
Recognized not only for his unique iconography, Saylor’s impasto paint application and his experimentation with the medium clearly celebrates the act of painting itself. In a 2015 review from Janet Goleas, the critic remarks, “Saylor lays down marks in oil stick, spray paint and pigment in a furious scrawl that ricochets from side to side like visual warfare. The resulting compositions feel as if they were pulled from the subconscious with a veracity that would make Carl Jung proud.”
Sculptures punctuate the exhibition with a playfulness that resonates on the collaged and painted surfaces—three dimensional takes on the artist’s mark making. Hinting at crude but viable mechanical processes, the cobbled totems syncopate a flawed yet sincere human intervention while forewarning the malice such interventions may cause. Standing as imperfect weather vanes, the sculptures allow for the possibility that imagination may be the curse and also the key to our future.
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Sep 18 - Oct 23, 2019
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Installation view of Neptune’s Machine
Magenta Plains, New York
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Neptune’s Machine
Bill Saylor solo exhibition
2019
Magenta Plains, New York
Image courtesy of Magenta Plains, New York
Neptune’s Machine
Bill Saylor solo exhibition
2019
Magenta Plains, New York
Image courtesy of Magenta Plains, New York
Neptune’s Machine
Bill Saylor solo exhibition
2019
Magenta Plains, New York
Image courtesy of Magenta Plains, New York
Neptune’s Machine
Bill Saylor solo exhibition
2019
Magenta Plains, New York
Image courtesy of Magenta Plains, New York
Neptune’s Machine
Bill Saylor solo exhibition
2019
Magenta Plains, New York
Image courtesy of Magenta Plains, New York
Neptune’s Machine
Bill Saylor solo exhibition
2019
Magenta Plains, New York
Image courtesy of Magenta Plains, New York
Installation view of Neptune’s Machine
Magenta Plains, New York
Artworks
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Breakers Gold
Cly-Fy
Cosmico
Disintegrating Cobra
Drifters
Fly To The Tide
Hot Lava
Sunset Strip
Sylvia Earle Finds a Pearl
Double Overhead
Accumulator
Trident
Trident
Bill Saylor > <
Breakers Gold
Cly-Fy
Cosmico
Disintegrating Cobra
Drifters
Fly To The Tide
Hot Lava
Sunset Strip
Sylvia Earle Finds a Pearl
Double Overhead
Accumulator
Trident
Trident
Bill Saylor
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Breakers Gold
2019
Oil, spray paint, and Flashe on canvas
84h x 64w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Cly-Fy
2019
Oil, spray paint, and Flashe on canvas
74h x 104w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Cosmico
2019
Oil on dropcloth over panel
48h x 36w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Disintegrating Cobra
2019
Oil, chalk, and spray paint on raw canvas
84h x 66w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Drifters
2019
Oil, spray paint, and charcoal on canvas
120h x 96w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Fly To The Tide
2019
Oil, spray paint, and Flashe on canvas
84h x 64w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Hot Lava
2019
Oil, spray paint, and Flashe on canvas
95h x 64w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Sunset Strip
2019
Flashe, oil, spray paint, and charcoal on canvas
74h x 104w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Sylvia Earle Finds a Pearl
2019
Oil on raw canvas
60h x 48w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Double Overhead
2018
Oil, charcoal, Flashe, and spray paint on canvas
84h x 64w in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Accumulator
2019
Pine tree trunk, cedar board, metal, mylar, PVC pipe
77.50h x 36w x 30.50d in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Trident
2019
Wood, reclaimed cardboard, foam, canvas, fiberglass mesh, Flashe, spray paint
92h x 68w x 61d in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
Trident
2019
Wood, reclaimed cardboard, foam, canvas, fiberglass mesh, Flashe, spray paint
92h x 68w x 61d in.
Courtesy of the artist and Magenta Plains, New York
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Bill Saylor
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