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b. 1955, Elizabeth, NJ

Phillip Taaffe’s travels in the Middle East, India, South America, Morocco, and Italy all provided experiences, which deeply shaped his artistic practice. In his works, Taaffe takes the investigated remains of lost cultures and visually reworks the materials in such a way as to speak to our present circumstances.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY