Sam Taylor-Wood

In the midst of gathering materials for my PRP topic I, for some reason, started thinking about some of my favourite artists. One of these is Sam Taylor-Wood, I was lucky enough, to quite by accident, find myself walking around an exhibition of photographs by her whilst in Wellington, New Zealand. The exhibition, in the waterside gallery, was of her series of 'Crying Men' I thought they were fantastic.

What is also interesting about this artist is that she is bringing her work and her style of work into the bracket of Multimedia. She started out specialising in art photography and went on to produce various pieces of film. I just think that she is a good example of an artist utilising technology today to move their work forward.

She was asked my Elton John to make the music video for his song "I Want Love". The making of this video introduced her to the fast pace of the video production world.
Here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbexgPyeJQ&ob=av2n

This video led to other pieces of work between Sam Taylor-Wood and Robert DJ.
The Pietr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4PjMuIhwdA

She has also created work in video that is mostly done with paint; Still life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIzXWGcb3u0&feature=related

With regards to Web Portfolios, I was unable to find a dedicated website for Sam Taylor Wood, all that I found were exhibition websites etc. I thought this was quite interesting as in these times it is said to be essential for creatives to have an online portfolio or online presence. This led me to think that perhaps for well established artists, it is un-necessary to have an online portfolio?

An interesting video interview can be found here:
http://channel.tate.org.uk/media/25818491001