Philip Eglin
Born: 1959Place of Birth: Gibraltar
Philip Eglin studied at Staffordshire Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art, London. He was winner of the prestigious Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts in 1996. The Scottish Gallery has exhibited Eglin’s work since the 1980’s. His post-modern aesthetic draws on many sources from popular culture and ceramic history through to high art and from Gothic Madonnas to Abstract Expressionist painters of the 1950s. Frequent use of graffiti elements carry playful references to street culture and his sculptures often incorporate pieces moulded from everyday objects such as coke bottles or throw-away plastic. He works in both the figurative and the abstract, using his forms as a canvas or vehicle for whatever narrative he is exploring. He also creates garnitures or installations of both small scale and larger works.
‘I see myself as continuing a strong ceramic tradition of borrowing ideas, for both form and surface, from examples found in other media. I enjoy being flippant and subversive, making fusions of seemingly disparate historical and contemporary subjects in an attempt to achieve a balance between the high and the lowbrow, the reverent and the irreverent, the sophisticated and the crude.’ - Philip Eglin
His fourth solo show at The Scottish Gallery in August 2009, Popes, Pin ups and Pooches, presented the full, dynamic range of artistic and expressive skill which flows from Eglin's rich, eclectic and symbolic palette; the familiar iconography of Madonnas and Christs, popes, pin-ups, dogs and of course football. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art acquired a major piece for their collection from this exhibition.
Public collections include:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA; Mint Museum, North Carolina,USA
Philip Eglin was the subject of a solo exhibition, Unfinished Business, that formed part of our Festival exhibition programme in August 2017, and also Strange Bedfellows, in October 2021.
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Lucretia (view 1) View details
Philip Eglin
Lucretia (view 1)
2022lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:17cm W:12cm D:9cm£2,200Lucretia (view 2) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Lucretia (view 2)
2022lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:17cm W:12cm D:9cm£2,200Lucretia (view 3) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Lucretia (view 3)
2022lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:17cm W:12cm D:9cm£2,200Seated Nude (view 1) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Seated Nude (view 1)
2021slip painted, oxide transfers, lead glazed earthenwareH:56cm W:28cm D:23cm£16,495Seated Nude (view 2) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Seated Nude (view 2)
2021slip painted, oxide transfers, lead glazed earthenwareH:56cm W:28cm D:23cm£16,495Seated Nude (view 3) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Seated Nude (view 3)
2021slip painted, oxide transfers, lead glazed earthenwareH:56cm W:28cm D:23cm£16,495Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dishes - Signature on the Reverse View detailsPhilip Eglin
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dishes - Signature on the Reverse
2021raku fired with oxide transfers and painting with manganesePriest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXIV View detailsPhilip Eglin
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXIV
2021raku fired with oxide transfers and painting with manganeseH:15cm W:20.5cm£695Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXV View detailsPhilip Eglin
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXV
2021raku fired with oxide transfers and painting with manganeseH:15.5cm W:21cm£695-
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XLV View details
Philip Eglin
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XLV
2021raku fired with oxide transfers and painting with manganeseH:16cm W:20.5cmSoldPriest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXVIII View detailsPhilip Eglin
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXVIII
2021raku fired with oxide transfers and painting with manganeseH:14cm W:21cmSoldVenus et Amour II View detailsPhilip Eglin
Venus et Amour II
2021raku fired with oxide transfersW:13cmSoldQuatrefoil Dish V View detailsPhilip Eglin
Quatrefoil Dish V
2021raku fired with oxide transfersH:12cm W:12.5cmSoldQuatrefoil Dish IX View detailsPhilip Eglin
Quatrefoil Dish IX
2021raku fired with oxide transfersH:12.5cm W:12.5cmSoldQuatrefoil Dish XXVII View detailsPhilip Eglin
Quatrefoil Dish XXVII
2021raku fired with oxide transfersH:12cm W:12.5cmSoldPriest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXVI View detailsPhilip Eglin
Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dish XXXVI
2021raku fired with oxide transfers and painting with manganeseH:15cm W:21.5cmSoldStanding Nude with Pot View detailsPhilip Eglin
Standing Nude with Pot
2017tin glazed earthenware with painting in manganese and copperH:20cm W:15cm D:9cmSoldStanding Nude with Pot (side) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Standing Nude with Pot (side)
2017tin glazed earthenware with painting in manganese and copperH:20cm W:15cm D:9cmSoldStanding Nude with Pot (back) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Standing Nude with Pot (back)
2017tin glazed earthenware with painting in manganese and copperH:20cm W:15cm D:9cmSoldStanding Nude View detailsPhilip Eglin
Standing Nude
2020lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:12cm W:5cm D:3cmSoldVenus et Amour (2) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Venus et Amour (2)
2020lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:14cm W:8cm D:5cmSoldSeated Nude View detailsPhilip Eglin
Seated Nude
2020lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:15cm W:10cm D:5cmSoldVenus et Amour (1) View detailsPhilip Eglin
Venus et Amour (1)
2020lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:18cm W:11cm D:7cmSoldEve View detailsPhilip Eglin
Eve
2020lead glazed earthenware with iron, manganese and copper additionsH:20cm W:10cm D:7cmSoldStanding Nude with Pot View detailsPhilip Eglin
Standing Nude with Pot
2020cobalt slips under a lead glaze earthenwareH:16cm W:14cm D:8cmSoldStanding Nude I View detailsPhilip Eglin
Standing Nude I
2017cobalt slips under a lead glaze earthenwareH:20cm W:8cm D:11cmSoldPhotograph: Oliver EglinWatering Can II View detailsPhilip Eglin
Watering Can II
2020stonewareH:11.5cm W:13cm D:8cmSoldWatering Can I View detailsPhilip Eglin
Watering Can I
2020stonewareH:12.5cm W:15cm D:7.5cmSoldBorzoi Plate, Otterhound Plate & Bergamasco Plate View detailsPhilip Eglin
Borzoi Plate, Otterhound Plate & Bergamasco Plate
2020raku ceramicsH:11-12.5cm W:11-12cmSoldBulldog Plate & Saluki Plate View detailsPhilip Eglin
Bulldog Plate & Saluki Plate
2020raku ceramicsH:11.5-12cm W:11-12.5cmSoldMan of Sorrows View detailsPhilip Eglin
Man of Sorrows
2020raku ceramicsH:13.5cm W:14cmSoldDéjeuner View detailsPhilip Eglin
Déjeuner
2020earthenwareH:24.5cm W:24.5cmSoldOval Dish XVIII View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish XVIII
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish XV View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish XV
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish IX View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish IX
2017slip trailed lead glaze earthenwareD:31cmSoldUntitled Plate View detailsPhilip Eglin
Untitled Plate
2017slip trailed lead glaze earthenwareD:42cmSoldOval Dish XIII View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish XIII
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish XII View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish XII
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish VII View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish VII
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish VI View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish VI
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish XVI View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish XVI
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldOval Dish II View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish II
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareH:24.5cm W:31cmSoldPhotograph: Oliver EglinOval Dish III View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish III
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldPhotograph: Oliver EglinOval Dish IV View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish IV
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldPhotograph: Oliver EglinOval Dish V View detailsPhilip Eglin
Oval Dish V
2017slip decorated, lead glazed, red earthenwareD:31cmSoldPhotograph: Oliver EglinAdam and Eve 2 View detailsPhilip Eglin
Adam and Eve 2
Tin GlazeW:17cmSoldLa Nuova Religione Madonna View detailsPhilip Eglin
La Nuova Religione Madonna
2009H:52cm W:19cm D:13cmSoldPurchased by Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art 2009Loading
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