Richard Phillips

(American, born 1962)

Richard Phillips is an influential contemporary American artist known for his large-scale photorealistic paintings. Born in 1962 in Marblehead, MA, his work evokes the glossy sheen of fashion magazines, and often features close-up portraits of women found in gossip or softcore pornography magazines. “Fashion is not separate from art,” the artist has said of his source material. “It is inextricably woven into how we open ourselves to the world and articulates the exchanges of power both real and imagined.” Phillips works with a combination of oil paint and wax emulsion that uncannily imitates the surface of the printed page, resulting in images that have been described as hyper-real. He has more recently ventured into filmmaking, as evidenced with his 2011 video First Point, which he calls a “motion image” of celebrity Lindsay Lohan sunbathing and walking on the beach. Phillips’ work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, among others. He lives and works in New York, NY.

Richard Phillips Artworks

Richard Phillips (137 results)
Study for tongue, 1997

Richard Phillips

Study for tongue, 1997

Sale Date: November 17, 2006

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Bier esserin, 2001

Richard Phillips

Bier esserin, 2001

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Untitled

Richard Phillips

Untitled

Sale Date: May 12, 2006

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Untitled, 1994

Richard Phillips

Untitled, 1994

Sale Date: June 6, 2005

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Untitled, 1995

Richard Phillips

Untitled, 1995

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

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Untitled (+ another; 2 works), 1995

Richard Phillips

Untitled (+ another; 2 works), 1995

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

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Double, 1996–1997

Richard Phillips

Double, 1996–1997

Sale Date: May 12, 2005

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Small schizophrenia, 1997

Richard Phillips

Small schizophrenia, 1997

Sale Date: May 11, 2005

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Valentino, 2000

Richard Phillips

Valentino, 2000

Sale Date: November 12, 2004

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Horizontal blonde, 1996

Richard Phillips

Horizontal blonde, 1996

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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Little riot, 1999

Richard Phillips

Little riot, 1999

Sale Date: November 10, 2004

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The President of the United States of America, 2001

Richard Phillips

The President of the United States of America, 2001

Sale Date: November 10, 2004

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Valentino, 2000–2000

Richard Phillips

Valentino, 2000–2000

Sale Date: November 13, 2003

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Strawberry eater, 1998–1998

Richard Phillips

Strawberry eater, 1998–1998

Sale Date: May 14, 2003

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Persia, 1996–1996

Richard Phillips

Persia, 1996–1996

Sale Date: May 14, 2003

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Drawing for portrait of God, 1998–1998

Richard Phillips

Drawing for portrait of God, 1998–1998

Sale Date: May 16, 2002

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SOFT SCULPTURE, 1987

Richard Phillips

SOFT SCULPTURE, 1987

Sale Date: November 11, 1993

Auction Closed