Lili Phung :: Allsopp Contemporary :: Artist

Biography

Lilly Phung's paintings are immediately nostalgic and dark. Much of the imagery within her work draws upon 60s American advertising with scenes of domestic bliss hiding behind layers of gesturally applied paint and surface-based text. Indeed much of the language within the work ("honeymoon" / "party") adds to this interplay between a longed- for past and a cynical, confused present.

Texturally Phung's canvasses are heavily worked, going through many stages of development. It is this layering of components, time and mood that further enhances the delicate relationship between what's been left behind and what lies ahead. Whilst the imagery itself draws heavily on American Pop culture so too do we see homages to Warhol or moments of a painterly Rauschenberg. Yet equally we see references to German developments whilst the more revered figures of Polke and Basquiat also loom large. With humour, emotion and an assured formal awareness Lilly Phung's paintings lie between an acknowledged past (artistically and conceptually) and an unsure present. Lilly Phung lives and works in Paris.

Education

2001 - 2005: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Solo Exhibitions

2007

The Lickin' That Doesn't Hurt, Allsopp Contemporary, London

Group Exhibitions

2006

 PARISITES: Julien Berthier, Lilly Phung and Nicolas Pol, Allsopp Contemporary, London

2005

Preview, Fondaton Coffim, Paris.

Carpenter's Workshop. Galerie Alain le Gaillard .London.

J'en Rêve,.Fondation Cartier, Paris

Salon St. Sulpice

50éme Anniverssaire du Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge

Espace Culturel de la R.A.T.P

2004

Body Rottin. Independently curated show, Paris

Downtown to Downtown, Beaux-Arts, Genéve

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