Christopher Langton Biography

Christopher Langton is a Melbourne-based artist. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1954, and migrated to Australia in 1973. He studied at the Victorian College of Arts (Graduate diploma).

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He has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas and is represented by Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne and now Ryan Renshaw, Brisbane. Christopher Langton is a pop sculptor and installation artist who creates plastic blow-up ‘toys’ of frightening proportions. Curator Mark Feary comments: ‘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. 

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Self portrait as Mechanoid (Primitive Version) by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork sculpture
Christopher Langton Self portrait as Mechanoid (Primitive Version), 2017 Polyester, polyurethane, steel and acrylic paint
209 x 150 x 170 cm
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Death warmed up by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork sculpture
Christopher Langton Death warmed up, 2011 PVC, polyester resin and acrylic
204 x 76 x 75 cm
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Bunny by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork sculpture
Christopher Langton Bunny, 2011 PVC, polyester resin and acrylic
243 x 104 x 66 cm
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Runt by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork sculpture
Christopher Langton Runt, 2011 PVC, polyester resin and acrylic
178 x 125 x 100 cm
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Shooter by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork painting
Christopher Langton Shooter, 2011 Acrylic on canvas
156 x 119.5 cm
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Man with Gun by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork painting
Christopher Langton Man with Gun, 2011 Acrylic on canvas
170 x 120 cm
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Street Fight 1 by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork painting
Christopher Langton Street Fight 1, 2011 Acrylic on canvas
122 x 183 cm
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Street Fight 2 by Christopher Langton contemporary artwork painting
Christopher Langton Street Fight 2, 2011 Acrylic on canvas
122 x 183 cm
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