Step into the uncanny beauty of
Elsewhere, where Maggie Taylor’s digital dreamscapes, which blur the line between memory, artifact, and imagination, will be shown alongside the magically expressive sculptural forms of Julie McNair.
Known for her richly layered compositions, Taylor assembles a world both familiar and fantastical—where 19th-century portraits gaze from beneath sea creatures, and vintage toys float through misty, pastel-colored ether. Working from her studio on the fringe of a Florida prairie, Taylor conjures her images from pastel backdrops, scanned found objects, and a museum of curiosities that ranges from mounted insects and taxidermy to shells, feathers, and flea market treasures. Her tools are digital, but her sensibility is timeless—echoing tintypes, daguerreotypes, and cabinets of wonder.
McNair, a Telluride based sculptor, makes work that often explores the relationship between humans and nature, from large, grounded sculptures to smaller, brightly colored wall pieces. With a distinct blend of whimsy and symbolism, her figures—mostly female—evoke storytelling, ritual, and reverence for the natural world.
This exhibition draws viewers into a series of meticulous still lifes where surrealism meets sentiment, and where history is reimagined through the lens of a philosopher turned image-maker and a sculptor who blends narrative, whimsy, and reverence for the natural world.
Elsewhere is a journey into the poetic margins of perception—a collection of visual riddles that ask not to be solved, but savored.