Haxton in collaboration with Franz Maggs
28 High St
28 High St, Newport-on-Tay DD6 8AD, UK
Scotland
56.43966559999999
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Fraser Taylor co-founded The Cloth, 1983 – 1987, a creative studio based in London which focused on contemporary textile design and production. Since 1987 he has developed an interdisciplinary art practice and exhibited internationally, and his collaborative works includes projects with visual artists, designers, and contemporary dance. Haxton by Fraser Taylor was established in the summer of 2020 in response to an invitation to exhibit during the summer of 2020 in Chicago. In developing the Haxton concept, Taylor revisited a collection of images that were motivated by a series of 1980s drawings made on the west coast of Scotland. He returns to a system of making that was prominent in his practice between 1977 and 1987. This includes silk-screen printing for fashion but what differs today is the inclusion of digital printing.
The mission of Haxton is to engage in a series of expansive projects with practiced makers and thinkers, and this film together with an introduction and opportunity to talk with the creatives will focus on the importance of collaboration and the relevance of drawing which provides imagery, form and colour employed by Haxton and Taylor’s practice which blurs the boundaries between fine art and design.
Taylor left Scotland in 1981 and lived in London and Chicago until he returned in 2017. Returning to Scotland has allowed him to look back at his work, and by looking back he has discovered how to go forward. He has committed time to reconnecting to Scotland and establish a forceful creative community.
Event duration no longer than 45mins.
Virtual Event.
