Richard Phillips
Born1962 (age 6162)
NationalityAmerican
EducationMassachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA, 1984)
Yale School of Art (MFA, 1986)
Known forphoto-realistic painting

Richard Phillips (born 1962) is an American artist.[1] He is known for large-scale paintings based on pornographic photographs of women. He paints in a photo-realistic or hyper-realistic style.[2]

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.[3]

Career

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.[4]

In May-June 2010, his works were featured in the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York along with works by Adolf Dietrich.[5][6]

In 2011, Phillips created short films starring Lindsay Lohan and Sasha Grey for the Gagosian Gallery.[7]

In 2012, he debuted another short film titled First Point, starring Lindsay Lohan, and scored by Thomas Bangalter, at Art Basel in Switzerland.[8][9]

In 2013, he created a Sasha Grey portrait for the Frieze Art Fair.[10]

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.[11]

In 2014, Phillips was featured at Dallas Contemporary.[12]

Personal life

Phillips lives in New York City.[13] He has a studio in the Starrett–Lehigh Building.[14]

Bibliography

  • Phillips, Richard. Painting and Misappropriation (PDF). Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York.

References

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