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Phil Price (sculptor)

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Phil Price
Zephyrometer, sculpture by Phil Price
Born(1965-06-14)14 June 1965
Nelson, New Zealand[1]
Known forKinetic 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

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  • 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

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  • Phil Price sculptures
  • Cytoplasm, Auckland, New Zealand.
    Cytoplasm, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Dinornis Maximus, Woden, Canberra
    Dinornis Maximus, Woden, Canberra
  • Big Snake, Canberra
    Big Snake, Canberra
  • United Divided, Palmerston North
    United Divided, Palmerston North

References

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  1. ^ "Phil Price; Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".
  2. ^ "Phil Price - Chrysalid".
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. 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. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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. ^ "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".
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