This December Philip Colbert’s exhibition ‘Hunt Paintings’, at Saatchi Gallery will be the London-based pop artist’s largest solo exhibition to date, featuring twenty-five works. Philip Colbert will exhibit new pieces, including the large-scale Hunt Paintings and a series of monumental sculptures. The exhibition, curated by Sasha Craddick, will run over three galleries, including a virtual reality experience, which will allow the audience to immerse themselves in Colbert’s World of Art.
Philip Colbert Hunt Paintings Boar Hunt II
Philip Colbert comments:
“I am very excited to be holding my largest show to date at Saatchi Gallery, in collaboration with the amazing team at Unit London. Saatchi Gallery is a brilliant platform for my new large-scale works, which reflect the hyper saturation of our culture and our crazy, ferocious appetite for image consumption.”
Philip Colbert Hunt Paintings -Dark Hunt Triptych-
The new vibrant canvases on show at Saatchi Gallery, including the monumental Hunt Triptych and Lion Hunt, maintain Colbert’s wildly exuberant style while alluding to the compositions of Colbert’s artistic predecessors. Colbert’s ability to reference the epic narratives and heroic configurations of the Old Masters, from Reubens to Van Dyck, while presenting topical themes around digital media and contemporary consumer imagery, place him in a unique and influential position – from which he is simultaneously able to comment on the world around him, whilst maintaining a connection to the influence of those that have come before him. The oil paintings challenge and toy with the viewer’s cultural vocabulary, superimposing commonplace banal objects onto painted faces and merging portraiture with popular culture in a Magritte-like fashion.
“I became an artist when I became a lobster”.
A monumental lobster figurine will feature in the Saatchi Gallery exhibition, alongside a lobster army, bringing to life Colbert’s artistic personality.
Philip Colbert Hunt Paintings Desert Lover
Hunt Paintings marks Philip Colbert’s return to Saatchi Gallery after his first painting exhibition was on display there a year and a half ago. Over this time Colbert’s intricate and complex works have garnered international acclaim and media coverage. In August 2018 he participated in Unit London’s iconic Looking For U group show, and has since held exhibitions at The Power Long Museum in Shanghai, China and MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Chengdu, China, Galerie Nichido in Tokyo, Japan and the Kasama Nichido Museum of Art in Kasama, Japan.
Philip Colbert ‘Hunt Paintings’, Presented by Unit London at Saatchi Gallery 15th December 2018 – 13th January 2019 at Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3 4RY Private View Monday, 17 December 2018 from 6:30 – 9pm philipcolbert.com
About The Artist
Living and working in London. Colbert is known for his multidisciplinary approach, creating a “World of Art”. Deeply entwined with pop theory, Colbert works across the mediums of painting, sculpture, clothing, furniture & design. Described as “the Godson of Andy Warhol” by Andre Leon Talley. Colbert’s large-scale oil paintings push the boundaries of contemporary narrative painting, they follow on from a dialogue established by artists such as Richard Hamilton, James Rosenquist and Roy Lichtenstein. philipcolbert.com
