Christopher Langton (1954) is a South African painter and sculptor that migrated to Australia (Melbourne) in 1973. He studied at the Victorian College of Arts (Graduate diploma).
Christopher Langton is a painter, pop sculptor and installation artist who creates plastic blow-up ‘toys’ of frightening proportions. “Langton’s work makes you feel good, but only sort of.” Indeed there is something ominous about these sculptures despite their bright colours, smiling faces and fun media. They blend the playful naivety of Betty Boop and Astro Boy with the more knowing aesthetic palette of Roy Lichtenstein. Langton breathes plastic life into bobbing and bopping figures like a Geppeto gone mad. Dazzling wall works (popoptic bubbles) are swoon material - ‘Highly toxic in nature and highly toxic in effect.’
Acclaimed for his large scale installations, Christopher Langton has exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Christopher Langton. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
Christopher Langton is a painter, pop sculptor and installation artist who creates plastic blow-up ‘toys’ of frightening proportions. “Langton’s work makes you feel good, but only sort of.” Indeed there is something ominous about these sculptures despite their bright colours, smiling faces and fun media. They blend the playful naivety of Betty Boop and Astro Boy with the more knowing aesthetic palette of Roy Lichtenstein. Langton breathes plastic life into bobbing and bopping figures like a Geppeto gone mad. Dazzling wall works (popoptic bubbles) are swoon material - ‘Highly toxic in nature and highly toxic in effect.’
Acclaimed for his large scale installations, Christopher Langton has exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Christopher Langton. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| 1995, Sugar Pills (at the NGA) |
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| 1995, This is not a life saving device |
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| 1996, Sunflower Installation |
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| 1996, The biggest game in town |
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| 1997, twins |
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| 2003, Dolly |
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| 2003, Swell |
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| 2011, Bunny |
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| 2011, Cutie (Doggy Style) |
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| 2011, Cutie (Detail) |
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| 2011, Death warmed up (detail) |
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| 2011, Death warmed up |
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| 2011, Door Bitch |
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| 2011, Door Bitch (detail) |
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| 2011, Man with gun |
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| 2011, Runt |
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| 2011, Shooter |
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| 2011, Street Fight I |
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| 2011, Street Fight II |
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| 2012, Away with the fairies |
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| 2017, Untitled (Shoe) |
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| 2017, Self portrait as Mechanoid (Primitive Version) |
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| 2017, Self portrait as Mechanoid (Primitive Version) |
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