Bernie Taupin has been a lifelong creative. Born 1950 and raised in rural northern England, his childhood playground was among the open fields inhabited by crumbling castles and ancient Roman ruins. His imagination was unleashed by heroic British poetry and the renowned classics of Alfred Lloyd Tennyson and Lord Byron recited to him by his bohemian mother and Cambridge professor…
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The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC will be the permanent home of a new exhibit created by Bernie Tapuin, entitled He Will Set Your Fields on Fire. Taupin, a renowned visual artist as well as a multi-award winning lyricist who co-wrote for many years with pop icon Elton John, visited the Center yesterday for the opening of the exhibit.…
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The storied lyricist, whose 50-year collaboration with Elton John is chronicled in ‘Rocketman,’ breaks out more than 20 of his pieces — some of them using burned U.S. flags — on June 7 at Galerie Michael in Beverly Hills. On May 22, Bernie Taupin — the best-selling lyricist whose storied collaboration with Elton John is depicted in Rocketman — celebrated…
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Bernie Taupin is widely known as one half of one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of all time. But at the opening of his latest exhibition at the Chase Contemporary on Wednesday evening, he preferred to be thought of simply as a True American. I’ve been following Taupin’s artistic trajectory since his exhibition at the Time Warner Center in 2006 when his paintings reminded…
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He’s one of the most acclaimed and successful British songwriters of all time, but in his heart Bernie Taupin is a true American. Taupin, known for generations the world over as Elton John’s lyricist, has worked as a visual artist for decades. His latest body of work, the exhibition “True American” on display through Nov. 10 at Chase Contemporary in…
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Chase Contemporary: “Bernie Taupin: True American” October 17 through November 10, 2018 Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. “Bernie Taupin: True American” features art by Taupin as he explores what it means to be a “true American” and the nature of patriotism. Art on view rise from the American flag and other symbols of patriotism and…
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Since the dawn of modern man—roughly around the time that we decided unibrows were unfashionable and that it was easier to hit Burger King than to throw down with a nearby mountain goat—only a handful of us have harnessed unnatural creative superpowers. We common folk have been graced by their presence as artists, musicians, and indubitably talented banjo players jamming…
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Bernie Taupin is an artist who expresses himself via words—creating some of the most popular, enduring songs of all time—and with paint, twine and flags, for a series of provocative paintings and sculptures. In these latter endeavors, however, the aim is authenticity, not fame. For Taupin, creativity is a solitary process—both in his painting and songwriting. His art is about…
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By Bruce Helander The winds of change, imaginary currents of invention and practicality, often find their way by slowly drifting into an urban neighborhood that has the potential to be reinvigorated into an area with a more useful purpose; adaptively improving abandoned buildings and warehouses that are forgotten and overlooked, giving them a new life. These rare opportunities make artists…
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