Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “James Phillips: Radical Abstraction, 1970 to the Present” is on view at Kravets Wehby Gallery in New York through Saturday, December 1. The solo exhibition presents 13 works by the artist, who was a member of AfriCOBRA and is currently included in “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” at the Brooklyn Museum.
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James Phillips, Untitled, 1973, acrylic on canvas.
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James Phillips, Howling Bebop Ghost, 1977, acrylic on canvas.
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James Phillips, Nummo, 1976, acrylic on canvas.
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James Phillips, Upbeat, 2012, acrylic on paper.
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James Phillips, Zoomorphic Cycle II, 2014, acrylic on paper.
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James Phillips, Lights on Another Satellite, 2014, acrylic on paper.
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James Phillips, Reincarnation of DC, 2005, acrylic on paper.
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James Phillips, Blind Willie: Homage to Sonny Sharrock, 1990–2002, acrylic on paper.
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James Phillips, Black-on-Black Violence: “Shotgun, Shoot Him Before He Run Now”, 2009, acrylic on paper.
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James Phillips, Shine, 1995, acrylic on paper.
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Installation view of "James Phillips: Radical Abstraction, 1970 to the Present," 2018, at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York.
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Installation view of "James Phillips: Radical Abstraction, 1970 to the Present," 2018, at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York.