# John Panting > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Panting > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Panting.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Panting > Source revision: 1344527958 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand sculptor (1940–1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} '''John Panting''' (1940–1974) was an English-based New Zealand sculptor. == History == Panting was born in [Palmerston North](/source/Palmerston_North) and attended [Palmerston North Boys' High School](/source/Palmerston_North_Boys'_High_School). In 1962 he graduated with honours from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts where he was taught by [Tom Taylor](/source/Tom_Taylor_(sculptor)) and Eric Doudney among others. The following year he was awarded a three-year Government arts grant to train overseas and traveled to the UK.{{Cite news |date=21 December 1962 |title=State Awards for Training in Arts |pages=19 |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19621221.2.214?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=10&page=8&query=john+panting&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1861&title=CHP}} == Teaching career == Panting was accepted into the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) in 1964 where he studied alongside fellow New Zealander Stephen Furlonger. They both appear in a photograph by [Lord Snowdon](/source/Antony_Armstrong-Jones%2C_1st_Earl_of_Snowdon) in the book about the British art scene, ''Private View''.{{Cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Bryan |title=Private View |last2=Russell |first2=John |last3=Lord Snowdon |publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd |year=1965 |location=London |pages=292 |language=}} After graduating in 1966, Panting and Furlonger shared a studio space and ran a small basement gallery while Panting was asked to stay on as a lecturer in sculpture.{{Cite news |date=9 April 1977 |title=Sculptor's Memorial |pages=2 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}} In 1967 he began teaching at the [Central School of Art and Design](/source/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design) in London (now known as [Central Saint Martins](/source/Central_Saint_Martins)) and spent time in 1969 as a visiting lecturer at both Auckland and Christchurch University art schools.{{Cite news |date=3 June 1970 |title=Young N.Z. Sculptor's Success In London |pages=1 |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700603.2.9?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=10&page=12&query=john+panting&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1861&title=CHP}} The New Zealand sculptor [Neil Dawson](/source/Neil_Dawson) remembers Panting's visit to the Canterbury University Art School as, 'just extraordinary...a human link with ideas that ranged the whole of the twentieth century but who also had a tangible link into Britain with Caro - a contemporary link with the Constructivists and Minimalists.'{{Cite book |last1=Barr |first1=Jim |title=Neil Dawson: Site Works 1981-1989 |last2=Barr |first2=Mary |publisher=National Art Gallery |year=1989 |location=Wellington, New Zealand |pages=74}} In 1972 Lund Humphries published Panting's book ''Sculpture in glass-fibre'' which was the first study of the use of polyester resin and glass-fibre in the production of sculpture.{{Cite book |title=Sculpture in glass-fibre: the use of polyester resin and glass-fibre in sculpture |date=1972 |publisher=Lund Humphries |isbn=978-0-85331-308-3 |editor-last=Panting |editor-first=John |series=Studies in art and design |location=London |editor-last2=Royal College of Art}} The same year he was appointed Head of the Sculpture at the Central School of Art and Design.{{Cite news |date=13 August 1974 |title=Tribute to a Sculptor |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19740813.2.70?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=10&query=john+panting&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1861&title=CHP}} Panting died in a motor cycle accident near his studio in 1974.{{Cite news |date=August 1974 |title=Sculptor Killed in Car Crash Press |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19740803.2.3?end_date=31-12-1989&query=john+panting&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1861&title=CHP}} == Selected exhibitions == Panting was exhibited by both dealer galleries and art museums through his short career. In 1972 he was selected for the major exhibition ''British Sculptors '72'', curated by [Bryan Kneale](/source/Bryan_Kneale) and shown at the Royal Academy. Here Panting was placed alongside leading artists of the time such as [Kenneth Armitage](/source/Kenneth_Armitage), [Barry Flanagan](/source/Barry_Flanagan), [Philip King](/source/Phillip_King_(sculptor)) and [Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi](/source/Eduardo_Paolozzi).{{Cite web |title=British Sculptors '72 |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/archive/british-sculptors-72 |access-date=6 June 2023}} In a review the writer and curator John Wood described the exhibition as ‘groundbreaking’{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=John |title=John Panting Rediscovered |url=http://poussin-gallery.com/site.php?exhibition=46 |access-date=6 June 2023}} Also in 1972 in New Zealand, the Manawatu Art Gallery organised the exhibition ''John Panting''{{Cite web |title=John Panting |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/john-panting |access-date=6 June 2023}} that was the subject of a nation-wide tour. Two years later he was included in ''Six New Zealand Artists'' which was first exhibited at [New Zealand House](/source/High_Commission_of_New_Zealand%2C_London) in London.{{Cite news |title=NZ Sculptors show in UK, 20 February 1973, Page 10 |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19730220.2.72?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=10&page=3&phrase=2&query=%22John+Panting%22&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1960&type=ARTICLE |access-date=6 June 2023}} and then toured public galleries in New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=Six New Zealand Artists |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/six-new-zealand-artists-john-panting-stephen-furlo |access-date=6 June 2023}} In 1975, a year after his death, the [Serpentine Galleries](/source/Serpentine_Galleries) mounted the survey exhibition ''John Panting 1940–74''{{Cite web |title=John Panting Sculpture 1940–1974 |url=https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/john-panting-sculpture-1940-1974/ |access-date=6 June 2023}} with a catalogue published by the [Arts Council of Great Britain](/source/Arts_Council_of_Great_Britain).{{Cite book |title=John Panting – sculpture: 1940 – 1974; 2 – 28 September 1975, Serpentine Gallery |date=1975 |isbn=978-0-7287-0070-3 |editor-last=Panting |editor-first=John |location=London |editor-last2=Verney |editor-first2=Rose |editor-last3=Arts Council of Great Britain |editor-last4=Serpentine Gallery}} The exhibition was toured around New Zealand by the Arts Councils of Great Britain 1976–1977.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=T.L. Rodney |title=Exhibitions Christchurch |url=https://art-newzealand.com/5-exhibitionschc/ |access-date=6 June 2023}} Panting was reintroduced to the public in 2005 by the Poussin Gallery established by the British painter Robin Greenwood in London.{{Cite news |title=Robin Greenwood Obituary |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/14/robin-greenwood-obituary |access-date=6 June 2023}} In 2013 the Poussin Gallery worked with [Victoria University of Wellington](/source/Victoria_University_of_Wellington)'s [Adam Art Gallery](/source/Adam_Art_Gallery) and the British curator Sam Cornish to develop the exhibition ''John Panting Spatial Constructions''.{{Cite web |title=John Panting: Spacial Constructions |url=https://www.adamartgallery.nz/exhibitions/archive/2013/john-panting-spatial-constructions |access-date=6 June 2023}} A full list of Panting’s exhibitions is available in the publication ''John Panting: a Record of Structure''.{{Cite web |title=John Panting: a Record of Structure |url=http://www.andrew-baker.com/John_Panting_A_record_of_structure_All.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023}} ==Collections== Panting's work is held in the permanent collection of the [Tate Museum](/source/Tate_Museum),{{cite web |title=John Panting |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-panting-12007 |website=Tate Museum |access-date=6 June 2023}} [Te Papa Tongarewa/Museum of New Zealand](/source/Te_Papa),{{cite web |title=John Panting |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/1769 |website=Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand |access-date=6 June 2023}} [Auckland Art Gallery](/source/Auckland_Art_Gallery),{{cite web |title=John Panting |url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/search/artworks?section=collection&artist=john+panting&undated=undated&q=%2Fexplore-art-and-ideas%2Fadvanced-collection-search |website=Auckland Art Gallery |access-date=6 June 2023}} and the British Arts Council Collection.{{cite web |title=John Panting |url=https://artscouncilcollection.org.uk/search/all/John%20Panting |website=British Arts Council Collection |access-date=6 June 2023}} == Further reading == *Sam Cornish Essay for 2013 Adam Art Gallery exhibition ''John Panting Spatial Constructions'' * Jennifer Hay, ''John Panting: New Zealand's New Generation Sculptor'' New Zealand Journal of Art History Vol 25, 2004 == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Panting, John}} Category:New Zealand sculptors Category:20th-century New Zealand artists Category:1940 births Category:1974 deaths Category:People from Palmerston North Category:People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Panting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Panting) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Panting?action=history)). 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