Peter Lange (ceramicist)

Peter Lange
MNZM
Lange in 2016
Born
Peter Reid Lange

(1944-09-06) 6 September 1944 (age 80)
Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand
Known forCeramics
Children3
RelativesDavid Lange (brother)

Peter Reid Lange MNZM (born 6 September 1944) is a New Zealand ceramicist.[1]

Biography

Lange was one of twins (the other a girl) born to Phoebe Fysh Lange (née Reid) and Eric Roy Lange, a medical practitioner, in Ōtāhuhu on 6 September 1944.[2][3][4] His older brother was David Lange, who served as the prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989.[5]

Since the 1980s, Lange has been a leading figure in the New Zealand ceramics and pottery scene.[6] As Dan Chapell writes: "In the case of his brick sculptures, there's a surprising sense of lightness and 'user-friendliness' that belies the material he's used".[7] Alistar Carruthers states of Lange: "He is a risk-taker with an ability to engage people in the ideas he works with in his practice. His wit and imagination are always manifest in his work."[8]

He was married to Rosemary Lange, and has three children.

Recognition

In the 2016 New Year Honours, Lange was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to ceramic arts.[9]

Lange's work is in the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, Beehive (New Zealand), Suzhou School of Art in China, and the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Wales.[8]

  • 2006 Winner of the Premier Award in Portage Ceramic Awards[7]
  • 2005 Recipient of the Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Art Fellowship.[8]
  • 1997–2008 Director of Auckland Studio Potters Teaching Association[6]
  • 1986 Merit Award Winner, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Awards[8]
  • 1984 Merit Award Winner, Fletcher Challenge International Awards[7]

Selected works

  • 2013 Tahuri, Three large kumara installed in Mt Eden village.[1]
  • 2012 Reading Room Objectspace Auckland[10]
  • 2011 Tokens from the Game Public sculptures installed in Todd Triangle, New Lynn, West Auckland.[7]
  • 2011 Brick, public sculpture installed in New Lynn, West Auckland.
  • 2002 Anagama the world's first floating brick boat which took her maiden voyage in Auckland viaduct Basin.[6]
  • 2009 Sculpture on the Peninsular, Banks Peninsular[11]
  • 1996 Peter Lange, McDougall Gallery, Christchurch
  • 1995 Five Hard Pieces, McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
  • 1989 Figuring Out The Land, RKS Art, Auckland
  • 1989 Lucky 13, The Dowse Art Museum Lower Hutt
  • 1980s 'Release Mandela' mug, set of 300[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Peter Lange Ceramic Artist". Peter Lange. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Lange, Peter". Find New Zealand Artists. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Births". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 81, no. 24993. 8 September 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via PapersPast.
  4. ^ Gustafson, Barry. "Lange, David Russell". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. ^ Cowlishaw, Shane (30 December 2015). "New Year Honours: Peter Lange – a long way from polishing the Queen's spoons". Stuff. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Herrick, Linda (27 July 2005). "Grant helps Lange push career in unorthodox directions". The New Zealand Herald.
  7. ^ a b c d Chappel, Dan. "Humour of a sculptural kind". Art Zone. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d "Peter lange awarded New Zealand Craft/Object Art Fellowship". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  9. ^ "New Year honours list 2016". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Reading Room". Objectspace. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  11. ^ Moore, Chris (2009). "Peninsular Inspirations". Christchurch Press.
  12. ^ Stephanie Gibson; Matariki Williams; Puawai Cairns (November 2019). Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance. Wellington: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-0-9941460-4-5. OL 26509108W. Wikidata Q125828231.


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