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Philip Taaffe is an American artist who works in a variety of media, including painting, collage, and printmaking. He is best known for his intricate, abstract works that incorporate a wide range of cultural references. He has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, and his work is held in numerous public and private collections. Taaffe was born in 1955 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He studied at the Cooper Union in New York City, and received his BFA in 1977. He then moved to Europe, where he lived and worked in Rome, Paris, and Madrid. In the 1980s, he returned to New York and began exhibiting his work in galleries and museums. Taaffe's work is characterized by its intricate, abstract compositions, which often incorporate a wide range of cultural references. He often combines elements of painting, collage, and printmaking in his works. He has also created a number of public art projects, including a mural for the New York City subway system. Taaffe has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, and his work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Tate Modern in London. As of 2021, Philip Taaffe's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Birthplace Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
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1982

His first solo exhibition was in New York in 1982. He has since been included in exhibitions at Carnegie International, two Sydney Bienniales, and three Whitney Bienniales. His work is held in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. A painting by Taaffe is in the private collection of Elton John at Woodside, Old Windsor; it had previously hung in Gianni Versace's townhouse in New York.

1980

An admirer of Matisse's cut-outs and of Synthetic Cubism, from the mid-1980s he began to borrow images and designs directly from more recent artists. In We Are Not Afraid (1985), he develops Barnett Newman’s zip motif into a spiral; the title is a reply to Newman's series of paintings Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue (1966–70). In Defiance (1986), he reinterprets work by Bridget Riley.

1977

Taaffe was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and studied at the Cooper Union in New York, gaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1977.

1955

Philip Taaffe (born 1955) is an American artist, who has shown his works all around the world. His work sometimes blended motifs from multiple cultures.