Richard Phillips
Richard Phillips (born 1962) is an American artist. He is known for large-scale paintings based on pornographic photographs of women. He paints in a photo-realistic or hyper-realistic style.
Richard Phillips
- Name
- Richard Phillips
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Marblehead, Massachusetts
- Field
- photo-realistic painting
- Education
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA, 1984) Yale School of Art (MFA, 1986)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- artist · painter · sculptor · draftsperson
- Fields
- photorealism
- Languages
- English
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Richard Phillips (born 1962) is an American artist. He is known for large-scale paintings based on pornographic photographs of women. He paints in a photo-realistic or hyper-realistic style.
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The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is photorealism. Work by Richard Phillips is recorded in the collections of Tate, Van Abbemuseum, Hessel Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Richard Phillips • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Marblehead, Massachusetts • Field — photo-realistic painting • Education — Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA, 1984) Yale School of Art (MFA, 1986)
Early life and education
Early life and education
Phillips was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1984, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and in 1986, he received a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Yale School of Art.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Playboy Marfa sculpture (2014) In the 1990s, Phillips worked at the Guggenheim Museum as an art handler. In 2008, a version of his painting Spectrum was included on Gossip Girl. In May-June 2010, his works were featured in the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York along with works by Adolf Dietrich. In 2011, Phillips created short films starring Lindsay Lohan and Sasha Grey for the Gagosian Gallery. In 2012, he debuted another short film titled First Point, starring Lindsay Lohan, and scored by Thomas Bangalter, at Art Basel in Switzerland. In 2013, he created a Sasha Grey portrait for the Frieze Art Fair. In 2013, he collaborated with Playboy magazine to create a roadside installation near Marfa, Texas; he mounted a black-painted 1970s muscle car on an inclined concrete plinth beside a large symbol from the magazine. In 2014, Phillips was featured at Dallas Contemporary.
Personal life
Personal life
Phillips lives in New York City. He has a studio in the Starrett–Lehigh Building.
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Life and career
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1962
Richard Phillips born at Marblehead.
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- 1.Library of Congress. Phillips, Richard, 1962-.
- 2.JOHNSON, KEN. Art in Review. The New York Times. April 3, 2009.
- 3.Dallas Contemporary. richard phillips in conversation.
- 4.Powers, Bill. Richard Phillips Unveiled on 'Gossip Girl'. The New York Times. September 30, 2008.
- 5.Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York. ADOLF DIETRICH / RICHARD PHILLIPS.
- 6.Rosenberg, Karen. Adolf Dietrich and Richard Phillips: 'Painting and Misappropriation'. The New York Times. June 11, 2010.
- 7.Douglas, Sarah. Richard Phillips Shakes Things Up Again—With Help From Lindsay Lohan and Sasha Grey. The New York Observer. June 7, 2011.
- 8.Walsh, Brienne. Richard Phillips and Lindsay Lohan Make Movie Magic. Interview. June 6, 2012.
- 9.Vena, Jocelyn. Lindsay Lohan Has 'Hypnotic Presence' As Surfer in 'First Point'. MTV. June 13, 2012.
- 10.Frieze Art Fair London 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald. October 17, 2013.
- 11.Farago, Jason. Playboy in Marfa. The New Republic. June 26, 2013.
- 12.Slenske, Michael. Richard Phillips at the Dallas Contemporary Museum. Architectural Digest. March 31, 2014.
- 13.Artnet. Richard Phillips (American, born 1962).
- 14.Morris, Bob. No Greater Role Than His Own. The New York Times. December 1, 2011.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Phillips, Richard. Painting and Misappropriation. Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York.
- Taschen. Art Now. 252–255. 2005. 9783822840931.
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