Name: Phillip Allen (B. 1967)
Brand: Dubious Plan (Academy Version)
Price: 2000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Phillip Allen (B. 1967)
Dubious Plan (Academy Version)
signed, titled and dated 'PHIL ALLEN 2006 "DUBIOUS PLAN (ACADEMY VERSION)"' (on the reverse of each part)
oil on board, in two parts
each: 84¼ x 59⅞in. (214 x 152.1cm.)
overall: 84¼ x 119¾in. (214 x 304cm.)
Executed in 2006

The Approach, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.

Madrid, Alcalá 31, La Cámara del Eco, Arte Británico, Art from Britain, Echo Room, 2007 (illustrated in colour on the cover and pp. 98-99).

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Lot Essay

Since graduating from the Royal College of Art, London in 1992, Phillip Allen has since held exhibitions in prominent galleries and exhibition spaces worldwide including in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Italy and at the Tate Britain in London among others. His works are characterised by their vivid graphic quality and abundance of vibrant patterns which consume the surface of his works.
Simultaneously mesmerising yet also foreboding, Phillip Allen’s Dubious Plan presents an accumulation of sharp, jagged triangles juxtaposed with curved organic forms which subsume the entirety of the work, characteristic of Allen’s graphic patterns. Inspired by both Cubism and Art Deco styles, the abstract sea and volume of forms is enhanced by the luminous quality of line and the stark contrast of dark and light. This inundating mass of geometric elements is further accentuated by the immense scale of the work which encompasses the viewer, highlighting its immersive quality.