Phil Price (sculptor)

Phil Price
Born	(1965-06-14) 14 June 1965 (age 60) Nelson, New Zealand [1]
Known for	Kinetic Sculptor

Phil Price (born 1965) is a New Zealand artist best known for his large-scale kinetic sculptures. Price's work incorporates engineering and design in works inspired by the natural world. ^[2]

Price received a BFA degree in sculpture from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. ^[3]

Public sculptures

• Liberace (2019). Permanently installed on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. ^[4]
• Ipomoea (2019). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival. Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia. ^[5]
• Snake (2013). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival in Bondi, Sydney, Australia. ^[6] Acquired by the City of Aarhus, where it is currently installed in the public square Mølleparken. ^{[7] [8]}
• Journeys (2012). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed facing the Canberra Airport. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}
• Organism (2009). Wellington, New Zealand. Part of the Victoria University of Wellington permanent collection. ^[13]
• Dinornis Maximus (2008). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed on the median strip of Yarra Glen Drive, Woden. ^{[14] [15]}
• Knowledge (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed outside the Upper Riccarton Library in Christchurch. ^[3]
• Nucleus (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed at the meeting point of High, Lichfield and Manchester streets. ^[16]
• Zephyrometer (2004). Evans Bay, Wellington. ^[17] The work was struck by lightning in 2014, resulting in significant damage. ^{[18] [19]} It was repaired and restored the following year. ^[20]
• Flip (2010). Taupō, New Zealand. Permanent commission by the Taupo Sculpture Trust. ^[21]
• Protoplasm (2002). Wellington, New Zealand. ^{[22] [23]}
• Wiggly Wagon and other sculptures (2003), Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs. Removed in 2005. ^[24]
• Cytoplasm. Auckland.
• Tree of Life. (2013). McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia. ^[25]
• Ratytus. McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia. ^[26]
• Big Snake (2020). Constitution Square, Canberra. ^[27]

Permanent collections

• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. ^[28]
• Victoria University of Wellington. ^[13]

Gallery

• Phil Price sculptures
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  Cytoplasm, Auckland, New Zealand.
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  Big Snake, Canberra
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  United Divided, Palmerston North
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  Zephyrometer, Wellington
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  Dinornis Maximus, Canberra (Wind kinetic sculpture)
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  Choice of Passage, London Circuit, Canberra
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  Droplet, Phillip ACT
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  Journeys, Canberra Airport (Wind kinetic sculpture)

References

1. "Phil Price; Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".
2. "Phil Price - Chrysalid".
3. "Knowledge – a sculpture by Phil Price".
4. "Phil Price".
5. "NZ sculptor Phil Price at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2019". 15 February 2019.
6. "Cottesloe a beach gallery again". 27 February 2019.
7. "Ny Skulptur i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Sculpture by the Sea. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
8. "Slange i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
9. "Notice how Canberra airport is missing something?". 8 September 2018.
10. "Unnamed sculpture flies high". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 9 July 2012.
11. "'Journeys' sculpture returns to the airport". 10 October 2018.
12. "Sculpture leaves big impression". 4 August 2012.
13. "Organism; Phil Price; 2009; VUW.2009.1 on NZ Museums".
14. "Dinornis maximus". 29 November 2018.
15. "How much do your favourite public artworks cost?". ABC News. 24 April 2016.
16. "Christchurch kinetic sculpture Nucleus returning soon after nearly a year's absence". 18 April 2018.
17. The New Zealand Official Year-book. David Bateman Limited, New Zealand. 2008. ISBN   9781869537173.
18. "Sculpture struck by lightning". 15 August 2014.
19. "Public Sculpture Pulverized by Lightning Strike". 15 August 2014.
20. "Stricken Wellington Zephyrometer resurrected". 13 May 2015.
21. "FLIP Sculpture by Phil Price". 20 June 2018.
22. "Wellington Sculpture Trust | the Sculptures".
23. Harper, Jenny; Lister, Aaron (2007). Wellington: A City for Sculpture. Victoria University Press. ISBN   9780864735706.
24. Crawford, Robert, Dr (2008). Too good to last : the death of a caring culture : Queen Mary Hospital, the therapy of addictions, Hanmer Springs, 1972-1991. Hanmer Springs, N.Z.: Sunbeam Publishers. pp. 44–45. ISBN   978-0-473-13380-1. OCLC   946514540.
25. "SOUTHERN WAY MCCLELLAND COMMISSIONS | McClelland Gallery" . Retrieved 1 July 2021.
26. Gruber, Fiona (13 December 2012). "Murdoch link a major boost for Kiwi artist". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
27. "'Big Snake' by Phil Price". Constitution Place. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
28. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".

External links

• Official web site
• Phil Price at Te Papa