More is More: The Magical World of Peter Chang

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Peter Chang

As part of London Design Festival and the Mayfair Design District, Lyon & Turnbull is honoured to present More is More: The Magical World of Peter Chang, a major exhibition exploring the work of an artist whose distinctive practice defied conventional boundaries. Bringing together prints, jewellery, sculpture, drawings and archival material, the exhibition reveals the extraordinary visual language that connected Chang's work across disciplines. Part storyteller, part inventor, Chang drew inspiration from both the natural and manmade worlds, creating works that are at once sensual, playful and unexpected

Influenced in part by Surrealism, he often began with familiar references before transforming them through visual puns, unexpected associations and imaginative leaps. Chang’s interests were multi-faceted, ranging from popular and historical cultures to natural and mechanical forms. All found their way into a body of work that was witty, enigmatic and deeply original. Printmaking formed the foundation of Chang's understanding of colour. Long before plastics became central to his practice, he was exploring in prints layered colour, abrasion and surface manipulation, combined with his knowledge of Chinese lacquer-work.
 
Colour is a language, and Chang had his own dialect. Throughout his work, colour became the means through which to explore texture and tactility. As Chang wrote in 1996, I have a natural tendency to select, by various methods, colours which are high in volume, contrasting, complementary and contradictory.
 
Peter saw possibility where others saw waste. Working primarily in synthetic resins and plastics, Chang transformed overlooked materials into vibrant sculptural forms of remarkable intricacy and presence. Nothing was wasted: toothbrush handles provided colours unavailable elsewhere; fragments of razors, industrial offcuts and found objects were collected and repurposed.
 

The exhibition, developed in close collaboration with Peter's family, highlights the originality, wit and technical innovation that defined his work. It is a rare opportunity to encounter the breadth of the artist's work and the richly imaginative world he created: one where humour and invention sit alongside technical mastery.
 
© Barbara Santos-Shaw Chang and Sons; Images © Lyon & Turnbull


PRIVATE VIEW
Wednesday 16 September, 6-8 pm.
RSVP: london@lyonandturnbull.com
tel:020 7930 9115


Dates and Times:
Monday, 14 September 2026, 10:00 - 16:00 h.
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 10:00 - 16:00 h.
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 10:00 - 16:00 h.
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 10:00 - 16:00 h.
Friday, 18 September 2026, 10:00 - 16:00 h.
Saturday, 19 September 2026, 10:00 - 16:00 h.