Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor

On Exhibit: February 20 – May 2, 2010

Now available in our Museum Shop - The new edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” featuring Taylor’s illustrations released by Modern Books

The prints on display are innovative in both content and technique. They are composite images that usually begin with an original photographic portrait—often a daguerreotype or tintype from the mid-19th century. The artist then uses 21st century digital processes and Photoshop montage techniques to layer multiple images to create the final prints, which are simultaneously historic and contemporary. Taylor’s radical manipulation of her source images but retention of photographic realism results in an ironic visual surrealism that perfectly complements the verbal wit and irony of Carroll’s writing.

Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor will be on display until May 2, 2010.  A new edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” featuring Taylor’s illustrations has been released by Modern Books on the occasion of the exhibition and is available in our Museum Shop.

Birds of a feather, 2008, archival pigment inkjet print, 15 x 15 inches by Maggie Taylor

Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor is organized by Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and toured by Curatorial Assistance, Pasadena, California.

Admission:  Adults $5, Children $3, Members Free