Philip Taaffe - Luhring Augustine

Philip Taaffe
Born 1955

Philip Taaffe
<i>Blackburst</i>, 1980–81
Paper collage and gouache on masonite
46 x 46 5/8 inches (117 x 119 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Glyphic Brain</i>, 1980–81
Collage on paper
47 x 56 inches (119 x 142 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Martyr Group</i>, 1983
Mixed media on canvas
104 x 104 inches (264 x 264 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Overtone</i>, 1983
Mixed media on canvas
89 x 89 inches (227 x 227 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>We Are Not Afraid</i>, 1985
Mixed media on canvas
120 x 102 inches (305 x 259 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Block Island</i>, 1986
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 18 inches (61 x 46 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Combine Painting</i>, 1986
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 60 inches (122 x 152.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>South Ferry</i>, 1985–86
Linoprint collage on canvas
43-1/3 x 37-3/8 inches (110 x 95 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Quad Cinema</i>, 1986
Linoprint collage on canvas
85-3/4 x 83-1/2 inches (218 x 212 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Blue/Green</i>, 1987
Silkscreen collage on canvas
86-1/2 x 68 inches (220 x 173 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Timothy’s Gate Transfigured</i>, 1987
Mixed media on canvas
75 x 60 inches (190.5 x 152.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Quadro Vesuviano</i>, 1988
Monoprint collage on linen
89 x 68-1/2 inches (226 x 174 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Ahmed Muhammed</i>, 1989
Acrylic and enamel on linen
88 x 104 inches (223.5 x 264 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Botanical Veil</i>, 1989
Linoprint on linen
47 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches (120 x 99.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Expire</i>, 1989
Acrylic and enamel on linen
114 x 74 3/4 inches (289.5 x 190 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Old Cairo</i>, 1989
Monoprint on linen
91 x 67 3/4 inches (231 x 172 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Screen with Double Lambrequin</i>, 1989
Mixed media on linen
145 1/4 x 112 1/4 inches (369 x 285 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Desert Flowers</i>, 1990
Mixed media on linen
61 1/4 x 78 7/8 inches (155.5 x 200 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Time Landscape</i>, 1990
Mixed media on linen
72 1/2 x 60 1/5 inches (184 x 153.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Herculaneum</i>, 1991
Mixed media on linen
112 x 145 inches (284.5 x 368 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Mosaic</i>, 1991
Mixed media on linen
112 1/8 x 91 1/8 inches (285 x 231.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Ginostra Flowers</i>, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
61 x 83 1/2 inches (155 x 212 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Inner City</i>, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
99 x 105 inches (251.5 x 267 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Eros and Psyche</i>, 1994
Mixed media on canvas
132 x 100 1/2 inches (335 x 255 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Composition with Birds, Bees & Snakes</i>, 1995–96
Mixed media on canvas
114 x 102 inches (289.5 x 259 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Cobra Nocturne</i>, 1997
Mixed media on canvas
55 x 66 inches (140 x 167.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Calligraphic Study I</i>, 1996
Mixed media on canvas
46 x 64 inches (117 x 162.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Asplenium Colensoi, Asplenium Lyallii</i>, 1997
Oil pigment on canvas
63 x 55 1/2 inches (160 x 141 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Black Venus</i>, 1998–99
Mixed media on canvas
85 x 113 inches (216 x 287 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>The Sorcerer’s Apron</i>, 1998–99
Mixed media on canvas
120-1/2 x 100 inches (306 x 254 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Damascus</i>, 2001
Mixed media on canvas
90 x 117-1/2 inches (228.5 x 298.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Lunapark</i>, 2001
Mixed media on canvas
167 x 115 inches (424 x 292 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Calligram (Yellow/Green)</i>, 2002
Acrylic ink on paper mounted on canvas
9 x 11 1/4 inches (23 x 29 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Lizard Music</i>, 2002
Oil pigment on linen
27 x 37 1/2 inches (69 x 95 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Split</i>, 2004
Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas
22 3/4 x 30 1/4 inches (58 x 77 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Locus Auratus</i>, 2005
Mixed media on canvas
120 1/2 x 96 1/2 inches (306 x 245 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Dryadic Figures</i>, 2004–2006
Mixed media on canvas
84 1/2 x 101 1/2 inches (215 x 258 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Cape Vitus</i>, 2006-07
Mixed media on linen
117 1/4 x 97 1/8 inches (298 x 247 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Artificial Paradise (Loculus)</i>, 2008
Mixed media on canvas
137 3/4 x 149 1/2 in. (350 x 380 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Polygon (Interpenetration)</i>, 2008
Mixed media on canvas
50 x 38 1/4 inches (127 x 97 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Amur Field</i>, 2009
Mixed media on canvas
79 x 117 1/2 in. (200.7 x 298.5 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Isfahan</i>, 2009
Mixed media on linen
112 x 129 1/2 in (285 x 329 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Buddha Field</i>, 2011
Mixed media on linen
80 x 84 1/4 inches (203.2 x 214.3 cm)

Philip Taaffe
Exhibition view
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
April - July, 2000

Philip Taaffe
<i>Thorn Heads</i>, 2013
Mixed media on canvas
95 1/2 x 64 inches
(242.57 x 162.56 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Nymphaeum</i>, 2013
Mixed media on canvas
77 1/2 x 63 7/8 inches
(196.85 x 162.24 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Earth Star I</i>, 2013
Mixed media on canvas
73 1/2 x 93 1/2 inches
(186.69 x 237.49 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Sardica II</i>, 2013
Mixed media on canvas
55 1/2 X 80 inches
(140.97 X 203.2 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Illuminated Constellation</i>, 2011
Mixed media on canvas
98 x 62 1/2 inches
(249 x 158.8 cm)

Philip Taaffe
<i>Scribe</i>, 2013
Mixed media on linen
85 3/8 x 63 1/8 inches
(217 x 160.4 cm)

Philip Taaffe
Recent Work
May 3 – June 15, 2013
Installation view
Luhring Augustine

Philip Taaffe
Born 1955
http://www.philiptaaffe.info

Philip Taaffe was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1955, and studied at the Cooper Union in New York. His first solo exhibition was in New York in 1982. He has traveled widely in the Middle East, India, South America, and Morocco, and living and working in Naples from 1988-91. He has been included in numerous museum exhibitions, including the Carnegie International, two Sydney Biennials, and three Whitney Biennials. In 1990 his work was the subject of an extensive critical study in Parkett no. 26 (Zurich & New York). His work is in numerous public collections,

including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; and the Reina Sofia, Madrid. Retrospective surveys include the IVAM Museum, Valencia in 2000; the Galleria Civica of Trento, Italy in 2001; and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in 2008. Philip Taaffe presently works and lives in New York City and West Cornwall, Connecticut.

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