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20/10/2006

Richard Phillips

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

Early Works on Paper

Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to present early works on paper of Richard Phillips at Zimmerstrasse 90/91.

The work of Richard Phillips reflects images that are being produced by mass media. So do the 29 exhibited drawings from the years 1993 and 1994: In these years in the American society a boom of confessing in public evolved, which brought to light reports on child abuse, domestic violence, incest, alcoholism and drug addiction in the talkshows and the tabloids, with at the same time the media propagating conservative family values, exposed wealth, celebrities and models in "heroin chic".

At this time, Phillips discovered the work of Albert Oehlen, whom he describes as a catalyst concerning the making of the drawings. Phillips found his motives in lurid photos from newspapers and magazines, reporting of a homeless man being burned alive, showing rich people on their sailing yacht or a wholesome American family having breakfast. Phillips is adopting these images in an aggressive way - the immaculate rich men are pissing into the water, the breakfast of the perfect family is not consisting of the advertised cereals, but of Martini, cigarettes and drugs, and the child is carrying a gun to school. "I looked at each image as an incomplete sentence I had to finish in a malevolent way." (Phillips).

Not only Phillips’s own, somewhat desperate situation can be found in the drawings, but in the first place a strong criticism of society and media. A year later he created the first paintings in oil that his name stands for today - the iconography of these was based on fashion- and porn magazines from the 60’s and 70’s. In the paintings the critical statements are dealt with in an equally extreme way using other artistic techniques. The ironic comment on images from mass media has started with these disturbing drawings.

This is the third solo exhibition of Richard Phillips at Galerie Max Hetzler. Other selected solo exhibtions took place in Le Consortium, Dijon, Kunstverein Hamburg and Kunsthalle Zurich. The artist also participated in group exhibitions at Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; P.S.1 - Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City; Liverpool Biennial; Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

On the occation of the exhibition a catalogue with an essay by Linda Yablonsky is being published.

Richard Phillips was born in 1963. He lives and works in New York.

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Carbonic Anhydride
September 28 - November 11, 2006

Carbon dioxide (chemistry), the normal oxide of carbon, CO2; a colorless, odourless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.

Haluk Akakce, Darren Almond, Shannon Bool*, Andre' Butzer, Terry Haggerty*, Mona Hatoum, Arturo Herrera, Ulrich Lamsfub, Won Ju Lim, Vera Lutter, Marepe, Sarah Morris, Ernesto Neto, Frank Nitsche, Yves Oppenheim, Thomas Struth, Kara Walker

Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to announce the presentation of recent works by gallery artists and two emerging artists* in the new temporary space at OsramHofe.

Under the title Carbonic Anhydride, the diversity of works exhibited reflects the lively Berlin scene and the impact it provides to the artists who live and work in the city. This presentation explores the potential of the space which is not the usual white cube. Only partially renovated, it is located on the third floor of a factory building, with such dimensions that several artists using a variety of techniques and media are presenting large-scale works, some of them site-specific.

*Shannon Bool is represented by Galerie Iris Kadel Karlsruhe
*Terry Haggerty is represented by Galerie Kuttner Siebert Berlin

For further questions please contact the gallery at +49(0)30 229 24 37.

Galerie Max Hetzler Temporary
OsramHofe, Oudenarder Strabe 16-20, Berlin-Wedding
Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 6 pm

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GALERIE MAX HETZLER
ZIMMERSTRASSE 90/91
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