Peter Logan

Peter Logan was born in Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1943. He studied at Oxford School of Art (1961-63), Camberwell School of Art, London (1963-66) under Robert Medley, and the Slade School of Fine Art (1966-68), specialising in theatre and film studies.

Peter Logan has made kinetic sculpture since 1968. Early pieces which performed aerobatics were powered by electricity and controlled electronically. From 1978 he has worked on outdoor sculpture using wind power, the character and strength of the wind determining movement.

The success and control that the artist has in the way these sculptures work depends largely on their technical excellence, and Logan has built up a high degree of skill over the years, learnt mostly from the engineers with whom he has collaborated. This is a highly demanding way of working, as the elements of chance have to be harnessed positively, and any weaknesses in the design can result in the sculpture being destroyed.

Peter Logan exhibits his work against architecture and in wild places, locations as diverse as London's Economist Plaza in St James's and the beaches of Neeltje Jans in Holland.