David Phillips (Sculptor)

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Born
Flint, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
EducationBachelor of Fine Arts
Alma materCranbrook Academy of Art
OccupationSculptor

David L. Phillips (born January 8, 1944, in Flint, Michigan)[1] is an American sculptor best known for his public artwork including large bronze sculptures. Phillips has been described as a "Sculptor to Nature"[2] because his work often combines cut stones with bronze castings in a natural setting.[3]

Another distinct feature of Phillips' work is his incorporation of playful bronze-cast animals, such as frogs, snails, fish, and turtles in public landscape and fountains in public parks, for which he has been working with landscape architects since the early 1990s.[4][5][6]

Education

Phillips earned a BFA in 1967 at Cranbrook Academy of Art where he majored in painting and minored in sculpture.[4] He continued his studies at Cranbrook, receiving his MFA[4] in 1969,[7] where he studied bronze and iron casting under Julius Schmidt and ceramics with Richard DeVore.[1]

Selected Awards/Grants

In 1968 Phillips received a Charles Stewart Mott Foundation grant to study and travel in Europe.[1] In 1985, sponsored by the United States Information Agency (USIA), Phillips traveled to Japan to exhibit his work in Nagoya and Tokyo.[2] Other awards include a MacDowell (artists' residency and workshop) in 1977[8] and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 1999.[9] Phillips obtained an award from Boston Landmarks Commission for the Dr. Melvin Lederman Vietnam War Memorial.[10]

He also obtained an award from the National Parks to build the Spectacle Island Shelter located in the Boston Harbor Islands. This work is part of the Collections of the Boston Art Commission.[11]

The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund awarded Phillips a commission for a public sculpture in the Angell Memorial Park in downtown Boston.[12]

Phillips also won, along with landscape architect Craig Halvorson, an award from the Cambridge Art Council's Public Art Program in 1997 to design a sculpture and park for Quincy Square.[4]

Selected Public Art

  • "Frog Pond Playground"[11] at Boston Common in Boston
  • "Garden of Absence" in Kōfu, Japan[2]
  • "Fountain" at City Square Park in Charlestown, Massachusetts[13]
  • "Scrolls" at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston[14]
  • "Megaliths" at Porter station in Cambridge, MA[15]
  • "Bread" at Riverside Press Park[4] in Cambridge, MA
  • "Trilith" at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA[16]
  • "The Seasons Table" at Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Utah State Public Art Collection, UT[17]
  • "​Garden of Symbols" at ​Southern Utah University Library, Utah State Public Art Collection, UT[18]
  • "Common Ground" at University of Utah Talmage (Biology) Building, Utah State Public Art Collection, UT[3]
  • "Levitated Stone" at Cambridge, MA[4]
  • "Chords" at Eastport Park, Boston, MA[19]
  • "Beach Fragments" at Lechmere Canal,[4] East Cambridge, MA
  • "Dancing with the Spheres", at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, MA[20][21][22]
  • "Bronze Crabs" at Chelsea Square Park in Chelsea, MA[23]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Artist: David Phillips". State of Utah, Division of Arts & Museums. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Campbell, Kimberly A. (1992-01-24). "David Phillips: Sculptor to Nature". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Common Ground". Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Fact Sheet :: David Phillips". Cambridge Public Art. Cambridge Arts Council. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  5. ↑ "David Phillips". Art Outdoors. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Boston's Animal Statues: Codfish". The Next Phase Blog. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  7. ↑ "David L. Phillips". Cranbrook Academy of Art. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  8. ↑ "David Phillips - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  9. ↑ "List of grantees - Pollock-Krasner Foundation". Artnet. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  10. ↑ "About Our Memorial". ledermanmemorial.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "CultureNOW - Spectacle Island Shade Shelter and Benches: Charles Jones, David Phillips, Boston Art Commission, Edward I. Browne Trust Fund of the City of Boston and Urban Arts Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design". culturenow.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  12. ↑ "The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund and Boston's Public Realm". Landscape Notes. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  13. ↑ "History". city-square-park. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  14. ↑ "What's New: A piece of Public Art on NEC's Campus". New England Conservatory. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  15. ↑ "Cambridge, MA Public Art at Porter Square MBTA Station: David Phillips Megaliths, 1984". www2.cambridgema.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  16. ↑ "Sculpture: "Trilith" by David Phillips – The Art Complex Museum". Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  17. ↑ "The Seasons Table". Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  18. ↑ "Garden of Symbols". Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  19. ↑ "Eastport Park Public Art" (PDF). UrbanCultureInstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  20. ↑ "New public art sculpture draws a crowd". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  21. ↑ "Animal Rescue League of Boston Press Release, Unveiling of sculpture "Dancing with the Spheres" by David Phillips, May 23, 2013" (PDF).
  22. ↑ "His pet project: Ex-teacher donates animal sculpture to Boston". Boston Herald. 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  23. ↑ "Public Art Tour - Walking Stop #5 Bronze Crabs by David Phillips, 1977". Chelsea Prospers. Retrieved 2022-07-24.

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