PHILIP COLBERT

B. 1979

British

ABOUT  THE ARTIST

Colbert is known for his multi-disciplinary approach, creating a "World of Art" working across sculpture, painting, clothing, and performance, and digital art to create a unique contemporary voice. He is known for his bold sequin embroidery paintings and sculptures and was described by Andre Leon Talley as "the Godson of Andy Warhol."

Colbert conceives the 1950s American kitchen aesthetic as the foundation of ‘Pop’ and distills it with his own playful response to important icons and symbols, such as meat imagery, prominent in the work of Soutine and Francis Bacon, and the iconic image of Fried eggs which Colbert describes as "mini Mondrian's with irreverent humor". In doing so, he creates a dialogue with established ideas and works of the past. He ironically pastiches this imagery, playing on the notion that their repetition and overuse over the years have rendered them the ultimate icons of pop culture. His work is loaded with art history references from Rubens to Basquiat to Picasso. 

Colbert is one of the fastest emerging contemporary artists of the moment, with some of the most influential collectors in the USA, Middle East, Asia, and Europe beginning to collect his work. He has received international press coverage from The New York Times, GQ, and Forbes to name a few.  To date, Philip's works have been featured in major institutions including Tate Modern in London, The Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.