'Al Taylor: Early Paintings' Book Launch & Guided Tour

David Zwirner is pleased to present Al Taylor: Early Paintings, the artist's sixth solo exhibition with the gallery. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view Taylor's paintings exhibited together for the first time. Featuring a selection of canvases created between 1971 and 1980, the presentation of this relatively unknown body of work reveals a connection with the underlying painterly concerns found in the artist's overall practice and provides a broader understanding of his oeuvre as a whole.

John Yau is an American poet who writes about art, collaborates with artists, and is the publisher of Black Square Editions. His most recent book is Catherine Murphy (2016), the first monograph on this celebrated artist. Yau was an Arts Editor of The Brooklyn Rail from 2007 to 2011, prior to co-founding Hyperallergic Weekend, an online magazine, to which he contributes regularly. He has two books forthcoming, Thomas Nozkowski, the first monograph on this influential artist, and The Wild Children of William Blake, essays on artists and poets. Yau is also professor of critical studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.