James Tailor

Medium: Acrylic paint skin and metal awning x 2

Size: 220 x 80 x 70 cm

Year: 2015

Medium: Acrylic paint skin, pleated over microfibre and canvas and stretcher

Size: 30 x 20.5 x 12cm

Year: 2019

Medium: Acyclic paint medium glitter pleated over canvas and stretcher

Size: 32 x 26 x 8cm

Year: 2018

Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas and stretcher

Size: 27 x 22 x 7cm

Year: 2020

Medium: Acrylic paint skin, nails and wood

Size: 55 x 42 x 16 cm

Year: 2015

Medium: Acrylic paint skin on wood

Size: 120 x 90 x 18 cm

Year: 2015

Medium: Inflatable, Lights and found objects

Size: 287 x 264 x 207cm

Year: 2020

A global commentary on Covid-19, the installation incorporates attributes of outbreak, anxiety, restriction of movement, and isolation, and highlights the strains and dangers faced by NHS and key-workers, emergency services, delivery and supermarket workers, businesses, the self-employed and the claustrophobia the general public feel being asked to stay at home.

In this instance, a pre-existing loaned inflatable from Megaflatables of a Teddy Bear - often seen as a symbol of innocence and comfort - has been installed, which references the global Teddy Bear Hunt, against Pantone 300 background, the signature colour of the NHS, acting as a symbol of hope.

At full capacity the inflatable is twice the size of the interior, creating a visual illusion as the work expands to what seems like a bursting point and then deflates - an oversized visual representation of the anxious breath - holding and hopeful anticipation that we have been experiencing as a society.

Inflating & deflating within each hour, the motion magnifies the restrictive nature of the space while keeping viewers engaged.

Medium: Acrylic paint skin, pleased over microfiber, canvas and stretcher

Size: 30 x 20.5 x 10cm

Year: 2019

Medium: Acrylic paint, microfibre, canvas and stretcher

Size: 505 x 158 x 36 cm

Year: 2018

Medium: Found objects

Size: 47 x 47 x 22.5cm

Year: 2017

Medium: Concrete, Car Grill and found objects

Size: 104 x 62 x 75 cm

Year: 2017

Medium: Acrylic paint skin, wood with found objects

Size: 168 x 87 x 74 cm

Year: 2018

Medium: Acrylic paint skin, wood, polyurethane resin and found objects

Size: 160 x 130 130 cm

Year: 2018

Medium: Cast Acrylic paint medium and metal

Size: 40 x 30 x 11cm

Year: 2018

Medium: Acrylic paint skin wrapped over microfibre, canvas and stretcher

Size: 33 x 23 x 14cm

Year: 2019

Medium: Expanding foam and objects

Size: 180 x 67 x67cm

Year: 2022

Medium: Acrylic paint skin on wood

Size: 10 x 8 x 6 cm

Year: 2015

Medium: Transparent acrylic paint medium skin, pigment foam and wood

Size: 170 x 100 x 40 cm

Year: 2017

Medium: Polyurethane resin, wood and found objects

Size: 50 x 10 x 28 cm

Year: 2017

Medium: Polyurethane resin, wood and found objects

Size: - x - x - cm

Year: 2017

Medium: Mixed Media

Size: 270 x 210 x 200 cm

Year:2015

Part of the University of the Arts London & Tokyo University of the Arts

Global Arts Project

Ritsurin Gardens, Japan

For this residency my work was focused on what happens when the clarification of a word gets lost in translation. Traditionally one brings a gift of a 'rock' to a Japanese garden, however in this case the ‘rock’ in question was a traditional rock shop from Margate.

This light hearted piece was received very well, the juxtaposition of the beautiful Japanese garden and the bright rock shop allowing the humour of the work to be clearly communicated.