Richard Phillips | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (
BFA, 1984) Yale School of Art ( MFA, 1986) |
Known for | photo-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]
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]
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]
Phillips lives in New York City. [13] He has a studio in the Starrett–Lehigh Building. [14]