Tayloe Piggott Gallery x Caldera House | Winter 2020-2021 Presentation

TAY L OE PIG G O T T GA L L ERY X CA L DER A HOUSE

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This winter Tayloe Piggott Gallery ventures to Teton Village to showcase world-renowned art and jewelry at the most prestigious hotel in Jackson Hole-

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Caldera House. This partnership unites Tayloe Piggott Gallery’s fresh aesthetic vision of contemporary art with Caldera House’s impeccable style and service at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

Tayloe Piggott transforms the mezzanine Gallery space into a new experience for Caldera’s guests.

Elevated, sophisticated, and unique, this reimagined Gallery space offers guests an environment to relax and unwind in order to contemplate the beauty that surrounds them both inside Caldera House as well as outside amid the snow-packed Tetons.

Wolf Kahn, Mike and Doug Starn, Caio Fonseca, Emily Mason, are just a few of the artists that Tayloe Piggott Gallery has to offer Caldera House with this unmatched partnership for winter 2020-2021.

Alongside the curated art, Tayloe Piggott Gallery offers sculptural, one of a kind, jewelry for guests to explore. This niche collection of award-winning jewelry designs is not only on display for guests to admire in the Gallery, but the jewelry can also be personally curated to each guest for a room-service experience like no other. Upon arrival at the Caldera House, a personal note from Tayloe Piggott awaits each guest describing both the current exhibition of sophisticated art on view at Caldera House’s Gallery as well as a selection of never seen before designs that a guest can add to their own personal jewelry box. These jewelry cases will be delivered to their door for try-on services within the comfort and intimacy of the Caldera House suites.

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EXPLORE A SELECTION OF OUR ARTISTS

ERIC AHO

Eric Aho paints wild, abstract paintings that are evocative of the natural forms in our environment. By establishing elements that give the audience a cohesive sense of place, Aho’s compositions artfully play with light, depth and color to create a mysterious quality within each defamiliarized scene. Each painting captures an intimate experience within the natural world inviting the audience to escape to the contemplative, vibrant environment before them.

Guide, 2019, Oil on linen, 90 x 80 in.

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JOHN ALEXANDER

John Alexander’s paintings and works on paper depict uncanny scenes that incite a profound message about the dissolution of both our political and natural environments. His compositions display the beauty inherent to our natural world in way that is comparable to historic masters such as Claude Monet and the artists of the Hudson River School. While reminiscent in imagery and formal acuity, Alexander’s work transcends these past visionaries to suggest something disruptive within each scene. From landscapes, to still lifes, to portraits of political and social figures, Alexander unites his diverse subjects through his intriguing and often satirical portrayal of our ecological and social domains.

Poppies, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60 x 45 in.

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TUCK FAUNTLEROY

Tuck Fauntelroy’s work has a distinctive aesthetic that is both western, painterly, and unique. Although Fauntleroy is not a painter, his Waterline Series explores the painterly lines of the rivers flowing through the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Fauntleroy’s genius stems from his ability to combine the principles of painterly abstraction with black and white photography.

He captures ephemeral moments dictated by seasons and time. A labor-intensive body of work, Fauntleroy chartered flights for ten years in order to capture the brief and delicate moment in the spring when the rivers break through the ice and snow- yet the surrounding environment remains covered in snow. The river’s meandering line determines the composition while the photograph displays the elegance and simplicity of the natural environment. Fauntleroy’s work explores a changing sense of place, capturing ephemeral moments dictated by seasons and time.

Waterline II ed. 2/8, 2008-2017, Archival pigment print, 40 x 60 in.

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CAIO FONESCA

Abstract painter, Caio Fonseca aims to recreate the timeless, universal form of Baroque music. Classically trained as a pianist, Fonseca represents the irreducible relationship between tone and rhythm within his paintings on canvas and on paper. Composed against a textured, off-white background, each of his artworks have geometric blocks of dynamic color that weave across the canvas evoking the movement of invisible musical compositions. Fascinated by how two blocks of color can form a third due to the perception of background and foreground, Fonseca’s aesthetic has evolved over the years to concentrate on the ambiguity of positive and negative space.

Pietrasanta C07.11, 2007, Mixed media on canvas, 37 x 52 in.

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WOLF KAHN

German artist, Wolf Kahn is considered to be one of the most influential colorists of our time. Blending the artistic movements of Realism and Color Field within each artwork, Kahn blurs the boundary between pictorial landscape and painterly abstraction. Inspired by the scenery surrounding his farm in Vermont, much of Kahn’s work depicts weathered barns, groves of trees, and undulating pastures. Beginning with seemingly modest scenes, Kahn’s artistic vision erupts these landscapes with blazing, luminous color that transforms the imagery into an ingenious masterpiece.

Three Tree Rows, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 52 in.

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EMILY MASON

Emily Mason paints dramatic masterpieces with intense, bold colors. Exposed at a young age to world-renowned artists such as Piet Mondrian and Joan Miró, Mason dedicated her life to exploring the subtle nuances that exude from captivating pigments placed side by side. Uniting the artistic movements of Color Field and Lyrical Abstraction, Mason’s work achieves a unique and visually arresting aesthetic. Flooding her canvas with vivid colors in fluid, geometric shapes, Mason uses the complex tonalities of each color to express her deep sense of light and atmosphere.

Estuary, 2014, Oil on Canvas, 68 x 55 3/4 in.

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JANE ROSEN

Jane Rosen creates elegant handblown glass and carved limestone sculptures along with captivating works

on

paper. Deeply

passionate

about

the

magnificence of animals, Rosen’s artwork often depicts ravens, hawks and horses in a mysterious yet striking way that highlights the relationship between perception and cognition. Synthesizing her understanding of the connections between nature, science, history and art, Rosen’s work is based in the basic laws of nature.

Studied in Renaissance drawing and Asian calligraphy, Rosen illuminates the surreptitious laws of nature that have been the core subject of art for centuries.

Constantly inspired by the animals that surround her ranch in Northern California, Rosen’s compositions capture the essential, natural energy intrinsic to each animal.

Water Bird, 2020, Handblown Glass and Limstone, 63 x 8 x 12 in.

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DOUG AND MIKE STARN

Mike

and

Doug

Starn,

American

artists

and

identical twins, have been working collaboratively in photography since they were thirteen.

In 1985,

at the age of twenty-four, they first received critical attention for their torn, torqued, and intentionally distressed photographs.

Their conceptual approach

to photography made visible the normally invisible machinations of the photographer, challenging not only the nature of photography but also the nature of art.

Scotch-taping together multitudes of faded, murky, torn wrinkled, and otherwise distressed photographic prints, they gave photography an astounding painterly and even sculptural physicality, opening the medium to a whole new world of expressive possibility. To this day they continue to defy categorization by effectively combining traditionally separate disciplines such as sculpture, painting, video, and installation.

Black Pulse 7, ed. 3/3, 2000-2015 Epson K3 Ultrachrome inkjet print with Albumen and encaustic on Gampi paper, Scotch tape, and glue 36 x 42 in.

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MEET A SELECTION OF OUR DESIGNERS

ANNA M AC C I E R I ROSSI

Anna Maccieri Rossi creates truly unique jewelry pieces. Reflecting on the meaning of time and how we can be more present in our lives, Rossi is well known for her pendants that pay tribute to the concept of time by designing a mosaic that moves as each day passes by. Highlighting the expertise of the world of fine watchmaking, Rossi’s fine jewelry pieces thoughtfully embrace the perception of a watch however instead of showing numerical values of time passing she creates beautiful artworks that change over the course of a day. Made in Italy, each of Rossi’s collections have a special meaning behind her stunning designs.

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FERNANDO JORGE

Inspired by the sensuality of fluid designs, Fernando Jorge creates sculptural jewelry pieces that exude his distinctive aesthetic. Working closely with craftsmen in Brazil, Jorge defines his work as inherently Brazilian.

Constantly pushing the bounds of contemporary jewelry design, Jorge’s pieces have both movement and energy that express an elegant yet modern feel.

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CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON ROYDS

Immortalizing natural moments, Christopher Thompson Royds is an artist who chooses jewelry as his medium.

Pressing freshly picked flowers from the English countryside, Rouyds traces his gatherings in gold and silver, and then paints them to resemble the original cut and dried pieces. In each piece, Royds preserved a natural instant in time, representative of nature’s fleeting beauty.

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BIBI VA N D E R V E LD E N

Bibi van der Velden’s exotic and mesmerizing materials lead her to reveal the beauty of imperfection inherent to our natural world. Using remarkable, pure materials such as semiprecious stones, ostrich eggs, scarab wings, tahitian pearls, and cuts of 60,000-year-old mammoth tusk, Bibi sculpts each piece of jewelry as she would a work of art. With studios in The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and Thailand, her designs are inspired by the fundamental stories that are embedded in the myriad of cultures surrounding her every day.

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S I LV I A FU R M A N OV I C H

Silvia Furmanovich’s aesthetic style is rooted in her respect and admiration for the multitude of cultures around the world. Deeply inspired by the rich textures found in India, Japan, Egypt, and many other abodes, her work emphasizes how certain designs and patterns can evoke historic and cultural value. Using fascinating, rare techniques such as marquetry to create her jewelry, each piece is meant to link spiritual vision to the pleasure inherent to beautiful objects.

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N I KO S KO U L I S

Constantly pushing the limits of jewelry design, Nikos Koulis creates stunning jewelry pieces from his atelier in Athens, Greece. His collections are bold- exuding an effortlessly elegant style. From dynamic art deco rings to fluid gold necklaces set with remarkable diamonds, Koulis captures a unique aesthetic that is both simple and irresistible.

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DISCOVER PAST EXHIBITIONS

SUZY SPENCE 202 0

SUZANNE CAPORAEL 2020

J A N E RO S E N 2019

ERIC AHO 2019

NICOLA HICKS 201 8

G R E TA WA L L E R 2018

T U C K FAU N T L E ROY 2018

CONTACT TAYLOE PIGGOTT GALLERY We would love to hear from you and learn how we can partner together to bring beauty and joy across the world.

Please reach out to us at: maya@tayloepiggottgallery.com GALLERY DIRECTOR (307) 733-0555 GALLERY PHONE tayloepiggottgallery.com ART GALLERY WEBSITE tayloepiggottjewelry.com JEWELRY GALLERY WEBSITE

62 SOUTH GLENWOOD STREET JACKSON HOLE WYOMING TEL 307 733 0555 TAYLOEPIGGOTTGALLERY.COM

Cover and back cover art by Enrique Martinez Celaya