On Display: A Twenty-First Century Salon des Refusés

Soft Armor

My series engages with the theme of rejection through both conceptual and material means.

Object contributed by Taylor Sacco

Originally created by Taylor Sacco

Assistance collecting this object by On Display at Tulane

About the Work

My series engages with the theme of rejection through both conceptual and material means. These images live in a space where the gaze falters, recognition slips and the image resists being known. Each image rejects the traditional expectations of portraiture and visibility. These choices reject the demand for clarity, identity, and narrative legibility often placed on visual representation. In doing so, the works question what must be seen to be validated or perceived. They reflect my own moments of rejecting tradition within the medium of photography, allowing for the image to reveal something truer than technical perfection. Through embracing what might otherwise be overlooked by an artist, these images speak to the power in choosing to refuse legibility, reject standards, and allow the imperfect to be a means of understanding what perfection fails to portray.

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Soft Armor

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Categories
Photography, Figure
Title
Soft Armor
Artist
Taylor Sacco
Artist
Taylor Sacco
Date
2025
Medium
Archival pigment print
Short Description
My series engages with the theme of rejection through both conceptual and material means.
Tags
On Display Curatorial Team
On Display at Tulane
On Display: A Twenty-First Century Salon des Refusés

On Display: A 21st-Century Salon des Refusés

On Display: A 21st-Century Salon des Refusés revisits the concept of rejection and expands upon it, challenging what art “deserves” to be exhibited.

On Display: A 21st-Century Salon des Refusés, 2025. DigitalArc Jekyll Theme by Kalani Craig is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Framework: Foundation 6.