Armen Eloyan 10 November 22 December West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA T timothytaylor.

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1 10 November 22 December West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA T info@timothytaylor.com timothytaylor.com

2 Untitled (Portrait 21), 2017 T

3 Untitled (Portrait 01), 2017 T

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5 Untitled (Portrait 08), 2017 T

6 Untitled (Portrait 09), 2017 T

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8 Untitled (Portrait 25), 2017 T

9 Untitled (Portrait 14), 2017 T

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11 Untitled (Portrait 31), 2017 T

12 Untitled (Portrait 34), 2017 T

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14 Untitled (Portrait 38), 2017 T

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17 10 November 22 December 2017 The forty bust portraits in this exhibition both allude to and subvert the historical practice of portrait painting, extending into an investigation of the physical possibilities of paint, and the parameters of representation and suggestion of form. Through the figures that emerge from thick and loose brushstrokes, Eloyan successfully navigates the joyously grotesque - coined by Willem de Kooning in his response to his painting Woman I, While anchored in portraiture, Eloyan has intentionally employed a quick mode of painting as a means to distance himself from portrayal, instead using brushstrokes to capture a certain character and mood in each image. The resulting block of paintings creates a community of interacting changes in shapes, colors and expressions. Armen Eloyan was born in Armenia in 1966, where he began his career hand-painting animation onto celluloid film. Eloyan s work reflects his younger years spent watching American and Russian television and draws inspiration from characters found in street art, theatre, historical painting, cartoons and comic books. Eloyan studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, graduating in 2005; he lives and works in Zurich. Recent exhibitions include Armen Eloyan: Garden, Timothy Taylor, London (2016); Armen Eloyan & Josef Scharl, curated by Harald Spengler, Kunstparterre, Munich (2014); The Pink Spy, M HKA, Antwerp (2014); Luc Tuymans: A Vision of Central Europe, curated by Luc Tuymans, Groeningemuseum, Bruges (2010); Until the End of the World, AMP Gallery, Athens (2009); Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (2009); INVOLVED, curated by Philippe Pirotte, ShanghART Gallery & H Space, Shanghai (2008); and Two Feet in One Shoe, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London (2007).

18 Selected Solo Exhibitions 2017 Armen Eloyan, Timothy Taylor, New York, USA Armen Eloyan, Galerie Nicola Von Senger, Zürich, Switzerland 2016 Armen Eloyan: Garden, Timothy Taylor, London, UK 2014 Armen Eloyan, Patrick Painter, Los Angeles, LA, USA Portray, Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE 2013 Sailor, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland Corn in your fruity basket, Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2012 Day by Day Part II, Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2011 End of Summer, Beginning of Autumn, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 Armen Eloyan: Paintings, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK Armen Eloyan: bees left it or bears do it, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland 2008 Local Gothic and Culture, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St Gallen,Switzerland Bookstore Cure, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK 2007 Centre Culturel Suisse (Project Room), Paris, France Two Feet in One Shoe, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK 2006 Infected Eye, curated by Joep van Liefland, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany Comic-related Paintings, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland 2005 The More I remember, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2004 Welcome home where we are, Gem, The Haag, The Netherlands Wir rufen euch, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2003 Recent Works, Kunstenaarsinitiatief MXO, The Haag, The Netherlands 2002 Martyrs, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000 Armen Eloyan, Coopmanshus Museum, Franeker, The Netherlands

19 All prices and availability are subject to change at the gallery s discretion. All prices are tax exclusive. 515 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA T mail@timothytaylor.com timothytaylor.com