Peter Lange (ceramicist)

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Peter Lange
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Lange in 2016
Born
Peter Reid Lange

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

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

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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]

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 Herrick, Linda (27 July 2005). "Grant helps Lange push career in unorthodox directions". The New Zealand Herald.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Chappel, Dan. "Humour of a sculptural kind". Art Zone. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "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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