NYAB Event - Larry Philips "A Free Soul in a Union Square"

Larry Philips "A Free Soul in a Union Square"

Gallery Onetwentyeight

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Gallery Onetwentyeight presents 'A Free Soul in a Union Square', a show of sculpture and paintings created by artist Larry Philips over the last quarter century.

Philips has an art studio on New York's Union Square, which partly informs the title of the show. His art intends to engage the viewer's eye and then the mind, asking the viewer to enjoy the color and design of the painting, then discover the 'rush' of seeing something more -- the spiritual center, the art -- evoked by the action, color and content.

Philips was a lawyer with extensive experience in the artistic world, with clients such as sculptors Claes Oldenberg, Philip Pavia; Igor Mitoraj, Arturo DiModica (the creator of Wall Street's famous 'Charging Bull'); painters Bob Beauchamp; Charles Hindman; and Gianfranco Ferroni, a well known Milanese painter, among others. He also represented musicians such as Simone, Spanky & Our Gang, Melissa Manchester, rap pioneers The Last Poets, Oliver ('Good Morning Starshine') and others.

Philips notes that having proudly represented great artists, it was the process of becoming a sculptor and painter himself that allowed him to become 'a free soul'. He began the process in the early 1980s by working primarily with marble during extended trips to Pietrasanta, Italy; and more recently has focused on oil canvases in his New York studio.

Since becoming an artist, Philips has participated in several group shows and has placed a large marble sculpture called 'Down the Nile' on the grounds of the University of Virginia Law School, his alma mater. In the early 1990s, he also supervised the restoration of the famed Columbus Circle Monument for the Municipal Art Society and the City of New York.