Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe (born 1955) is an American artist

Taaffe was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and studied at the Cooper Union in New York, gaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1977.

An admirer of Matisse’s cut-outs and of Synthetic Cubism, from the mid 1980s he began to borrow images and designs directly from more recent artists. In "We Are Not Afraid" (1985), he develops Barnett Newman’s zip motif into a spiral; the title is a reply to Newman’s series of paintings "Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue" (1966–70). In "Defiance" (1986), he reinterprets work by Bridget Riley.

His first solo exhibition was in New York in 1982. He has since been included in exhibitions at Carnegie International, two Sydney Bienniales, and three Whitney Bienniales. His work is held in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Taffe lives and works in New York City.

References

*cite web|url=http://www.groveart.com/shared/views/article.html?section=art.096988#art.096988 | title=Groveart Online Taaffe, Philip | accessdate=2007-07-19
*cite web|url=http://www.gagosian.com/artists/philip-taaffe/ | title=Gagosian Gallery - Philip Taaffe | accessdate=2007-07-19

External links

* [http://www.philiptaaffe.info/index.php Official Philip Taaffe web site]
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/taaffe_philip.html Philip Taaffe on Artcyclopedia]
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/16362/philip-taaffe.html Philip Taaffe on Artnet]


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