Philip Colbert

Philip Colbert’s strong use of color and abstraction of iconic imagery place his work within a dialogue of contemporary artists. Like his Pop Art predecessors, he employs aspects of mass culture and removes them from their context to create a provocative, satirical language of his own. Colbert conceives the 1950s American kitchen aesthetic as the foundation of ‘Pop’ and layers it with his own playful response to icons and symbols associated with fine art, such as meat imagery, prominent in the work of Chaïm Soutine and Francis Bacon. 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 symbols of popular culture.

Colbert is also known for his outlandish designs adored by Lady Gaga and Cara Delevingne—promoting the concept of ‘wearable art’, a synthesis of fashion and art. He has shown his work in a number of spaces including Space SBH, St Barth’s, UK, Gazelli Art House, London, Somerset House, London, Tate Modern, London, Van Gough Museum, Holland, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Holland, Phillips, London, and The Library Club, London.

Courtesy of Gazelli Art House