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PETER PHILLIPS: Pop, Pin-ups and Mosaics
19 Sep - 19 Oct 2007
Whitford Fine Art is pleased to present a selection of works by British Pop Artist Peter Phillips. Following a sell-out show of early works in 2004, our new exhibition entitled Pop, Pin-Ups & Mosaics, will show 1960's works through to contemporary, the majority of which have never been exhibited before.
One of the few artists of his generation to have readily accepted the label 'Pop', Phillips consistently produced throughout his career works containing pin-up imagery, juxtaposed with machines, cars and geometric forms. These elements, which initially appear disconnected, reveal on closer inspection a strong link: They complemented each other', said Phillips on the contrast between female sensuality and mechanical beauty. Similar relations appear in the fun-fair and game machines elements, which Phillips largely addressed in his works of the 1960's and 1970's.
The use of a grid as a compositional device remains present in Phillips mosaics and collages until the present day. The artist continues to readdress his favoured motifs - cars, pin-ups, animals, advertising imagery, geometrical shapes and patterns - though re-exploring them with a different spirit. His use of multi-pictorialism in which images are loaded with information and cross reference, instigates the viewer to find hidden meanings and layers: 'I really dislike a painting when it's logical', stated Phillips.
Mastering different techniques, Phillips's playful, sensuous and desirable works manage to convey throughout the decades the very essence of Pop.
A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by Marco Livingstone will accompany the exhibition.