Bill Saylor

This book showcases recent paintings drawings and ephemera from artist Bill Saylor published on the occasion of his 2019 exhibition Neptunes Machine at Magenta Plains New York NY and featuring an introduction by Carlo McCormick.Bill Saylor emerged from the vibrant painting scene that developed in the 1990s in Brooklyn. Incredibly influential to a younger generation of painters Saylors work is distinguished by his merging of explosive gestural abstraction with a comprehensive personal iconography revealing an anthropogenic concern and interest in natural history weather patterns and marine biology. Saylors work recycles and reframes elements from graffiti cave painting and industrial production while mining the legacy of both American and European expressionism.Bill Saylor has held solo exhibitions at Magenta Plains New York NY; Leo Koenig Inc. New York NY; The Journal Gallery Brooklyn NY; and Loyal Gallery Stockholm SE. Two-person shows include Bill Saylor & Josh Smith at Hiromi Yoshii Gallery Tokyo JP; Bill Saylor & Aidas Bareikis at Shoot The Lobster New York NY; Bill Saylor & Donald Baechler at Makebish New York NY; and Mason Saltarrelli and Bill Saylor at Shrine New York NY. Saylor was included in Animal Farm at the Brant Foundation and has participated in group exhibitions at Venus Over Manhattan NY; CANADA New York NY; Martos Gallery Los Angeles CA; MIER Gallery Los Angeles CA; Ceysson & Bénétière Luxembourg and Yerba Buena Art Center San Francisco CA. Saylors work was also included in Contemporary Painting curated by Alex Katz at the Colby College Museum of Art in 2004. In 2010 Saylor collaborated on the zine Ho Bags with Harmony Korine and he was an artist-in-residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa TX. Bill Saylor lives and works in Brooklyn NY.