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Article: SAM TAYLOR-WOOD.(Brief Article)
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- Artforum International
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- May 1, 2000
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MATTHEW MARKS GALLERY
Sam Taylor-Wood's installation Third Party, 1999, surrounds visitors with action and din: Seven DVD projections (transferred from 16 mm film) play on the four walls of a darkened room, each image showing a separate fragment of a noisy party. You hear that noise on the sound track--the percolating buzz of a crowd, with drinks flowing, talk popping, and dance music jerking you around, all bass and beat. As if at a real party, you have to decide where to spend your capital of attention. The largest image is a likely first choice: It shows the singer Marianne Faithfull, always magnetic to the eye. Watching her sit and smoke, though, you ...
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