Richard Phillips to Speak at AFA ArtTalks

Online, February 23, 2011 (Newswire.com) - About Richard Phillips:
"Ironic, critical and conflicting, Richard Phillips lulls us into a false sense of security, before pouncing with some rather challenging subjects." -Wallpaper (2009)

Richard Phillips has a striking signature style that derives from his distinctive use of popular images-often from advertising, fashion spreads, and erotic media-that he translates into drawings and then luscious, oversized realist paintings executed through a traditional process. With fashion, media, and film collaborations, Phillips's imagery has achieved a level of pop recognition outside of the art world.

Phillips has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, with solo shows at Gagosian Gallery, New York; White Cube, London; Max Hetzler in Berlin; Kunsthalle Zurich; Le Consortium in Dijon; and Kunstverein Hamburg. Adolf Dietrich, Richard Phillips / Painting and Misappropriation will be at the Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau in Ittingen, Switzerland, in May 2011; and Most Wanted, a solo show featuring paintings of celebrities over luxury-label backdrops, will open on January 27 at White Cube Gallery in London. Phillips lives and works in New York.

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