Grant Lingard (1961–1995) was a New Zealand born

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

who, although a

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

graduate, focused on

minimalist In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Don ...

sculptural installations. During his life he "was considered by many to be New Zealand's leading gay visual artist" Lingard achieved note with the 1994 ARTNOW exhibition at the

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. He was also involved in th
''Tales Untold'' project
Lingard focused on creating a visual language over the course of his ten-year career. Lingard used everyday materials recontextualised into a gallery context, hoping make the viewer see the links he was drawing. His work is conceptually similar to

Félix González-Torres Félix González-Torres (November 26, 1957 – January 9, 1996) was a Cuban-born American visual artist. González-Torres's openly gay sexual orientation was influential in his work as an artist. González-Torres was known for his minimal inst ...

. Lingard died in 1995 of AIDS-related complications. A scholarship in his name is offered at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Works

''Flags and Boots''(1994)Works by Grant Lingard in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

References

The Grant Lingard ScholarshipGrant Lingard profile at the Christchurch Art Gallery Website
New Zealand artists 1961 births 1995 deaths University of Canterbury alumni AIDS-related deaths in New Zealand People educated at Greymouth High School Artists from the West Coast, New Zealand {{NewZealand-artist-stub