RICHARD PHILLIPS
2016-11-14The sculptural images are sourced from the artist’s photos of the Palazzo Della Civiltà and the Foro Italico. Using a vertical halftone graphic image, the painted wax oil emulsion paintings physically reconstruct in optical color the anti-modernist sculptures intended to honor Rome’s neo-classical past.
The other series comes from close ups of Cy Twombly’s Roman Salalah paintings of 2005/07 and his Final paintings of 2012. The compositions are inspired by the detailed documentary images found in artists catalogs designed to show mastery.
Opposite – Anthropocene Il, 2015
Exhibition runs through to February 25th, 2017
Almine Rech Gallery
Abdijstraat 20 Rue de l’Abbaye
1050 Brussels
