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Anton Parsons (born 1968, in
Anton Parsons (born 1968, in Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...
) is a New Zealand sculptor. His work often contain letters and numbers, sometimes in Braille or Braille-like codes, these are typically arranged along linear of curvilinear surfaces. Some of his early work consisted of meticulously crafted oversize pencils and other writing equipment. Later he produced a series of works involving oversized Braille often in collaboration with the blind poet Dr. Peter Beatson of Palmerston North. The Braille works were followed by a series of works designed to fit in gallery doorways, they consisted of vertical plastic strips similar to a cheap fly screen.
Education
Parsons gained a Batchelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the Canterbury School of Fine Art in 1990.Awards and grants
While at university Parsons was awarded the Rosemary Muller sculpture award and obtained a number of grants in the following years which allowed him to develop his practice. *1990 – Rosemary Muller sculpture award, University of Canterbury *1991 – Q.E.2 Arts Council, Creative projects grant *1993 – Q.E.2 Arts Council, Professional development grant *1996 – Creative New Zealand, New work development grantPublic commissions
Parsons has been commissioned to produce a number of site specific sculptures in New Zealand *1992 – Alphabeti, Department of Justice, High Court, Wellington *2002 – Gone Fishing, PriceWaterhouse Coopers Building, Auckland *2002 – Polyglot, North Shore District Court, Albany *2003 – Invisible City, Lambton Quay, Wellington. *2004 – Analogue, KPMG Building, Tauranga *2007 – Numbers, Coleman Mall, Palmerston North *2011 – Passing Time, Wilson Reserve, ChristchurchCollections
* Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North * Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth * Robert McDougal Art Gallery, Christchurch * Sargent Art Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand * Chartwell Collection, Auckland, New Zealand * Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa TongarewaReferences
1968 births 20th-century New Zealand sculptors 20th-century New Zealand male artists 21st-century New Zealand sculptors 21st-century New Zealand male artists Living people People from Palmerston North {{Oceania-sculptor-stub