Taylor Smith's series of floppy disk icon portraits are painted on obsolete 3.5 inch old school floppy diskettes. The fresh creative expression explores identity, nostalgia, as well as a collective sense of memory of history. Experiencing her work through Icons as they discarded yet regard technology. Her work explores the history of POP art where the subject is as much the actual painting surface as it is the image painted upon it; thus observing today we go to great lengths to create a digital identity in addition to the actual lives we live today. Taylor enjoys conversation about the belief that these online records are only growing in importance and will continue to outlive us all. "Art in all its forms is the photo album of the human race, it's who we were and is who we are" -Colby Larsen |