I am currently working with the documentary filmmaker, Adam Low, in trying to track down as many as possible of the paintings and drawings of the artist, Philip Core, who died of AIDS in 1989, in the hope that it might be possible to put together enough material for an exhibition. In particular, we are interested in locating the conversation pieces which were exhibited at Francis Kyle’s Gallery in 1979 in an exhibition ‘Pieces of Conversation’ which included The Chance Meeting on an Operating Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella: Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp, now held by the Arts Council (copyright):-
At the time, such literary and photographic work was deeply unfashionable, but we feel that it could be a good moment to reconstruct his career. Not least, we are hoping to identify someone who got in touch with me fifteen or twenty years ago who had a collection of his paintings in store – from memory somewhere in south-east London, in Bexley, Bromley or Beckenham.
Any help with this project, still in its early stages, would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi, I am a furniture and antiques shop in Huddersfield , I have an original Phillip core art work I have recently acquired, if you are interested please fell free to contact me . Thank you
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Hello, Edward Lynch, you have met me. I have lots of Philip’s work. Haunted ballroom,Dali Schiaperlli,Nijinsky Diaghilev,prick up your eyes Pinter and Orton. Edwardlynchma@yahoo.co.uk.
I knew Philip in New Orleans in the late 60s. He approached me after coming across in a bookshop a cover illustration I did for a small book of self-published poetry by a friend. Philip and I were both enamored with Art Nouveau. Philip made a point of bringing me to a bookseller friend of his who had a shop in the Vieux Carre. The owner brought us to the shop’s “back storage room” and showed us his collection of about a dozen original Beardsley pen & inks. Later, Philip was the medium during a seance several of us held in the attic of a Garden District mansion built in 1856. That was a MOST unusual seance… Philip appeared to make contact with a man of French heritage who had committed suicide many years ago in the Garden District. Philip seemed to definitely be in a complete trance. When the seance ended and he “lost contact”, I shockingly recall that Philip’s head fell forward suddenly without any hesitation whatsoever from a sitting position to his forehead literally “crashing” on the tabletop in front of him. It caught all of by complete surprise. After that, I lost touch with Philip following his move to England. — ERS