Richard Phillips's hyperrealistic oil paintings embody themes as broad as power, politics, celebrity, fashion, ideology, beauty and sex, and pose questions about the status of painting today: does the medium remain valid, or has it become a historical pastime? Pornography, propaganda, advertising, entertainment and fashion - Phillips incorporates material from a range of sources to confront what is at the core of contemporary image making, from the power of celebrity branding to complicity between viewer and viewed. The book's exploitative design strategy celebrates the commercial and fashion...
Richard Phillips's hyperrealistic oil paintings embody themes as broad as power, politics, celebrity, fashion, ideology, beauty and sex, and pose ques...
This publication expands upon an exhibition by Swiss multimedia artist Tobias Madison (born 1985) held at the Kunsthalle Zurich. Madison uses computer-generated and assisted painting, audio, text, photography and scanned images, mobilizing the exhibition format across several sites around Zurich.
This publication expands upon an exhibition by Swiss multimedia artist Tobias Madison (born 1985) held at the Kunsthalle Zurich. Madison uses computer...