Christopher Langton makes innovative use of materials and profoundly engages with themes of pop culture, science fiction, and the interplay between biological forms and technological influences. Langton’s works are often monumental, blending vivid aesthetics with unsettling undertones, which invoke a nuanced reaction of delight mingled with dread. Langton’s creative process is technically intricate, involving custom-built […]
I have always been interested in biology – cellular and bulbous forms and plants, especially flowers. In this new body of work, I am returning to the flower-form in continuing my lifelong exploration of magnifying things to the point of monstrosity. It follows from my previous bodies of works, ‘Colony’ and then ‘Colonies’ but unlike […]
Tolarno Galleries presents Bad Biology, a solo exhibition by Christopher Langton at Melbourne Art Fair, 17-20 February 2022. The immersive sculpture installation continues themes the artist has explored in his 2019 Tolarno exhibition, Colony and the 2021 show Colonies at Hazelhurst Arts Centre, NSW.