David Phillips (sculptor) explained

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] He also made a half dozen sculptures spread over 50 acres of the forest in New Hampshire. They range from "Toothed Stone" to the delicate placing of bronze molded leaves atop a granite fieldstone and a boulder inlaid with a whimsical bronze face.[4]

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.[5] [6] [7]

Education

Phillips earned a BFA in 1967 at Cranbrook Academy of Art where he majored in painting and minored in sculpture.[5]  He continued his studies at Cranbrook, receiving his MFA[5] in 1969,[8] 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. Other awards include a MacDowell (artists' residency and workshop) in 1977[9] and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 1999.[10] Phillips obtained an award from Boston Landmarks Commission for the Dr. Melvin Lederman Vietnam War Memorial.[11]

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.[12]

The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund awarded Phillips a commission for a public sculpture in the Angell Memorial Park in downtown Boston.[13]

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.

Museum collections

Selected Public Art

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State of Utah, Division of Arts & Museums . Artist: David Phillips . 2022-07-24.
  2. Web site: Campbell . Kimberly A. . David Phillips: Sculptor to Nature . The Christian Science Monitor . 1992-01-24 . 2022-05-07.
  3. Web site: Common Ground . 2022-05-07 . Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
  4. Shea . Lois R. . June 24, 2001 . Strange doings in the woods? It's art . Boston Sunday Globe, NH Weekly . Pages 1 and 7.
  5. Web site: Fact Sheet :: David Phillips . 2022-05-07 . Cambridge Public Art . Cambridge Arts Council.
  6. Web site: David Phillips . 2022-05-07 . Art Outdoors . en.
  7. Web site: 2016-01-21 . Boston's Animal Statues: Codfish . 2022-05-07 . The Next Phase Blog . en.
  8. Web site: 2018-12-11 . David L. Phillips . 2022-07-23 . Cranbrook Academy of Art.
  9. Web site: David Phillips - Artist . 2022-07-24 . MacDowell . en.
  10. Web site: List of grantees - Pollock-Krasner Foundation . 2022-04-10 . Artnet.
  11. Web site: About Our Memorial . 2022-04-10 . ledermanmemorial.org.
  12. Web site: 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 . 2022-04-10 . culturenow.org.
  13. Web site: 2012-05-04 . The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund and Boston's Public Realm . 2022-04-10 . Landscape Notes . en-US.
  14. Web site: Trilith, David Phillips (American, b. 1944) . Art Complex Museum . 2 September 2022.
  15. Web site: David Phillips Sarcophagus, 1974 . Addison Gallery of American Art . 2 September 2022.
  16. Web site: History . 2022-07-24 . city-square-park . en.
  17. Web site: What's New: A piece of Public Art on NEC's Campus . 2022-04-08 . New England Conservatory . en.
  18. Web site: Cambridge, MA Public Art at Porter Square MBTA Station: David Phillips Megaliths, 1984 . 2022-07-24 . www2.cambridgema.gov.
  19. Web site: Sculpture: “Trilith” by David Phillips – The Art Complex Museum . 2022-07-24 . en-US.
  20. Web site: The Seasons Table . 2022-04-10 . Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
  21. Web site: Garden of Symbols . 2022-04-10 . Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
  22. Web site: Eastport Park Public Art . 2022-04-11 . UrbanCultureInstitute.org.
  23. Web site: New public art sculpture draws a crowd . 2022-04-11 . The Boston Globe . en-US.
  24. Web site: Animal Rescue League of Boston Press Release, Unveiling of sculpture "Dancing with the Spheres" by David Phillips, May 23, 2013 .
  25. Web site: 2013-05-29 . His pet project: Ex-teacher donates animal sculpture to Boston . 2022-07-24 . Boston Herald . en-US.
  26. Web site: Public Art Tour - Walking Stop #5 Bronze Crabs by David Phillips, 1977 . 2022-07-24 . Chelsea Prospers . en.
  27. Web site: Cambridge Arts Council :: Public Art . 2022-09-04 . www2.cambridgema.gov.
  28. Web site: Sandwich Artist Creates Sculptures For New England Conservatory . 2022-11-22 . CapeNews.net . en.
  29. Web site: 2022-11-10 . David Phillips’ Art Interacts with Musical Instruments at New England Conservatory . 2022-11-22 . Art Outdoors . en.
  30. Web site: NEC Impact Report: Winter 2022 by New England Conservatory of Music - Issuu . 2023-02-01 . issuu.com . en.

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