Peter Hide

Peter Nicholas Hide (born 15 December 1944, in Carshalton, Surrey) is an English born abstract sculptor.[1] A one-time pupil of Sir Anthony Caro, Hide is best known for upright, large-scale welded sculptures made of heavy, rusted industrial scrap steel.[2][3]

Peter Hide
Born1944 (age 78–79)
Carshalton, Surrey, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationCroydon College of Art, Saint Martin's School of Art
Known forSculpture
Notable work"Oddball", "The Conquest of Happiness"
MovementModern art

"I think a lot of sculptors," Hide says, "especially those who were taught by Tony Caro, decided deliberately to move as far away as possible so as not to be seen as his disciples. The problem is that if you do that you move away from extremely fertile territory.[4]

Girder Structure, by Peter Hide, 1978.
The artist views his installation of "Peter Hide @ The RAM," a 2008 exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum.

Early life

From 1964 to 1967, Hide studied sculpture under Anthony Caro at St. Martin's School of Art, and attracted the attention of the critic Clement Greenberg.[citations needed] From 1971 to 1978, Hide taught sculpture at Saint Martin's.[1]

Hide in Canada

Hide began teaching at the University of Alberta in 1977.[1] According to a letter from 1983, Clement Greenberg thought Hide "one of the three or four best sculptors working anywhere right now. Among British sculptors, I'd place him second only to Anthony Caro, and to no one in North America."[1]

In 1993, along with the painter Terrence Keller, Peter Hide founded the Edmonton Contemporary Artists' Society.[5] In 1998, the Edmonton Art Gallery held a 25-year retrospective of his work, "Peter Hide in Context." Hide exhibited sculptures in all four of the Royal Alberta Museum's outdoor Big Things exhibitions,[6][7][8][9][10][11] and in 2008, the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop organised a special exhibition of five large works by Hide on the sculpture terrace at the Royal Alberta Museum, "Peter Hide @ The RAM".[12]

Some of Hide's students from the University of Alberta have gone on to work in the medium of welded steel sculpture including Andrew French, Andrew Hellmund, Linda Maines, Ryan McCourt, Royden Mills, Robert Willms, and Tanya Wood.[13][14][15]

References
  1. "Peter Hide, A Sculptor's Life," Hagios Press, 2016
  2. "Peter Hide | Portfolio | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  3. The Canadian Encyclopedia
  4. ""Peter Hide | Biography | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. "ECAS Exhibition at Enterprise Square", Vancouver Sun, April 30, 2013
  6. "Royal Alberta Museum: Past Exhibits". Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. Gilbert Bouchard, "Come to Expect 'Big Things'", Edmonton Journal, 19 July 2002
  8. Erik Floren, "Big Impressions", The Edmonton Sunday Sun, 28 July 2002
  9. Mike Berezowsky, "Sculpture Exhibit Gets a Big Response", Edmonton Examiner, 11 September 2002
  10. "Multiple Directions Merge In Single Exhibit”, Edmonton Journal, October 5, 2007
  11. Gilbert Bouchard, "Bianca Khan's One-Tonne Challenge", Edmonton Journal, 23 July.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Graham Peacock, "My Thoughts on Sculpture," Graham Peacock: A Retrospective
  14. "Piri Halasz, "Report From The West," From The Mayor's Doorstep, No. 86, October 15, 2009". Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  15. "Edmonton Art Tour YEG". Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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