Roger Phillips
Three Red Rectangles, 2009,
Stainless Steel and Painted Stainless Steel
Biography
Roger Phillips was born in New York City in 1930 and graduated from Bard College in 1953. He is a past president of the Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America. Phillips has exhibited his work internationally, with recent shows at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Weber Fine Art, in Greenwich, Connecticut; and Morgan Lehman Gallery in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Roger Phillip's works are freestanding sculptures made of painted aluminum and stainless steel. In his kinetic works, Phillips creates a contrast between the rigidity of the frame and the fluidity of the moving elements. Each moving part—flat geometric shapes such as yellow squares, white disks, or red triangles—is attached to its armature in two places and can turn on a vertical axis. When the parts revolve, their shiny painted surfaces reflect their surroundings. Many of the artist's large-scale works are commissioned for outdoor sites.
