David Taylor photographs of U.S./Mexico boundary monuments
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0527
Content Description
Four photographs of U.S./Mexico boundary monuments on the international border in New Mexico, made by photographer David Taylor in 2008 and 2012. The photographs depict boundary monuments #s 2, 14, 23 and 30. The photographs are contained in a custom portfolio made by Taylor and Mark Andersson of Panther Peak Bindery, Tucson, Arizona. The photographs are from Taylor's project Monuments: 276 Views of the United States - Mexico Border. They appear in his book of the same name, published by Radius Press in 2015.
Dates
- 2008 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
Study collection: Materials may be viewed under supervised conditions in the Caroline Stras Reading Room.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been transferred to NMSU Library. Images are not to be reproduced. Inquiries regarding use should be directed to David Taylor.
Biographical / Historical
David Taylor’s artwork examines place, territory, history and politics and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Pursuing long-term projects that reveal the changing circumstances of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, he was awarded a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship and has released two monographs: Working the Line (Radius Books, 2010) and Monuments: 276 Views of the United States – Mexico Border (Radius Books and Nevada Museum of Art, 2015). His artwork is in the permanent collections of numerous institutions including the Nevada Museum of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, and the MFA, Houston. Exhibition venues include the Phoenix Art Museum, the MCA San Diego, the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington DC, Museo de las Artes Universidad de Guadalajara, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Taylor received a BFA from Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1989 and a MFA in Visual Design and Photography from University of Oregon in 1994. He taught photography and digital arts at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts in Portland and Linfield College in McMinnville from 1996-1999, at New Mexico State Univesity from 1999 to 2013, and joined the faculty of the University of Arizona in 2013.
Sources:
David J Taylor 1994, University of Oregon, College of Design, School of Art and Design, online resource https://artdesign.uoregon.edu/david-j-taylor-1994 (retrieved 2019)
David Taylor, professor, art, University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts, School of Art, online resource https://art.arizona.edu/people/directory/davidtaylor/ (retrieved 2019)
Biography, David Taylor Studio, online resource http://www.dtaylorphoto.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=1527 (retrieved 2019)
Taylor received a BFA from Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1989 and a MFA in Visual Design and Photography from University of Oregon in 1994. He taught photography and digital arts at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts in Portland and Linfield College in McMinnville from 1996-1999, at New Mexico State Univesity from 1999 to 2013, and joined the faculty of the University of Arizona in 2013.
Sources:
David J Taylor 1994, University of Oregon, College of Design, School of Art and Design, online resource https://artdesign.uoregon.edu/david-j-taylor-1994 (retrieved 2019)
David Taylor, professor, art, University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts, School of Art, online resource https://art.arizona.edu/people/directory/davidtaylor/ (retrieved 2019)
Biography, David Taylor Studio, online resource http://www.dtaylorphoto.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=1527 (retrieved 2019)
Extent
1 Volume (Portfolio case)
4 Photographic Prints : Archival inkjet prints on 310gsm Canson Infinity Rag Photographique paper ; 15x20-inch image on 17x22-inch paper
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the David Taylor photographs of U.S./Mexico boundary monuments
- Author
- Dennis Daily
- Date
- 2019-07-01
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- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository