Philip Vaughan

Horizonline

2021

**Philip Vaughan** was raised in France by English parents and attended boarding school in England at age 9. There, he was introduced to the world of art by Gordon Taylor, a modernis...

Here’s a concise 150-word description for Philip Vaughan's *Go-Go, 2021*: **Philip Vaughan** **Go-Go, 2021** Neon on white background 36 x 36 x 6 in (91.44 x 91.44 x 15.24 cm)...

Discover "Untitled," an evocative artwork by Rachel Marie featured in our exhibit. Created in 2024, this captivating piece showcases acrylic on a canvas measuring 28.50 x 27 inches (...

Pat Hogan #9, 1983 Gouache and Ink on Paper13.75 x 14.75 in (34.92 x 37.46 cm)

“Destruction is a form of exploration for me because by not being too precious I’m able to tear away at the layers of my subject and gradually piece them back together, which is ...

The art of Philip Wittmann is founded on signals. For him, signs serve as a bridge between abstraction, reality and writing, too. When he was 26 years old, he began painting as a hobbyist using 'pure' abstraction. However, he believed his work lacked a solid foundation upon which to grow. ​He discovered a book on the origins of the Chinese alphabet, which origins are essentially signs, in 2008 while taking a calligraphy class. The 26 letters of our Latin alphabet are less pictorial than the Chinese characters as we know them now. He discovered that pictorial representation is more prevalent when examining the origins of alphabets—all alphabets, in fact—because there is frequently a similarity between the sign's true meaning and what it is meant to represent. For instance, the symbol for a turtle in the original Chinese script resembles a turtle. Wittmann loves signs as they leave room for interpretation. For instance, if one writes “the sky is blue”, one will make for themself a mental representation of a blue sky, even if each one-off us will probably have some nuance in our own mental representation of that blue sky. On the other hand, a sign can...

Bronze Edition of 9 Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 393, 5/9 The natural bronze edges are finely rubbed before lacquering for protection and to prevent natural ...

Helzina, 2020