“Oil Field Disaster Sponsored by Louis Vuitton” - 2019 by contemporary artist Taylor Smith. Oil, enamel, transfer & gold leaf on panel
Taylor Smith’s dark work, Oil Field Disaster Sponsored by Louis Vuitton addresses the blurred lines between war, global politics, wealth, climate change denial and wholesale environmental destruction. Smith speaks to the basic facts of 21st century life by referencing technology, luxury designer goods, climate change, political chaos, terrorism and endless war.
Smith appropriates source material from social media, the 24-hours news cycle, pop culture, art history, Wikileaks, and the local shopping mall while utilizing silk screen, enamel, precious metal leaf, ink and transfer as a means to mechanically fix these images in stark contrast to the designer labels and designer logos loved by consumers.
Pop Art Street Art Graffiti Fusion Painting titled “Oil Field Disaster Sponsored by Louis Vuitton” by contemporary artist Taylor Smith.
Smith uses designer logos from the LMVH Louis Vuitton, imagery from the Iraq War, technology, gold leaf and high-gloss epoxy resin to speak to power, politics, war and the pursuit of wealth. Artworks are hand painted and silkscreened on canvas, paper and wood panel. At the crossroads of culture and crime, this is art that makes you think. From the “Luxurious Disaster” series of original paintings and screen prints.
