Tony Cragg
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The manipulation of materials into forms and images that offer new experiences and insights lies at the heart of Tony Cragg's sculptural practice. His outlook is marked by an interest in analyzing the relations between materials, science and the body. This scientific method of analysis is however not mathematical but organic, based on the interaction between the material and the human body. Cragg's oeuvre centres around two bodies of research: Early Forms and Rational Beings. Cragg described the Early Forms as 'forms changing along an axis bilaterally curved with a simple profile'. These works explore the possibilities of distortion based on everyday objects such as vases or bottles. As the artist moves, the material is moved too, resulting in a sort of three-dimensional morphing. The sculptures belonging to the body of Rational Beings start from the outlines of a human gesture or profile. Their principal development is vertical, emphasizing their origin as non-objectual but anthropomorphic.Tony Cragg Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany
Skulpturenpark-Waldfrieden
Tony Cragg has been awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale for the significant impact his work has had on the field of sculpture. Cragg received the title from the Prince and Princess of Japan in Tokyo on 16 October 2007.
Praemium Imperiale 2007
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Tony Cragg Press
Art World, April - May 2009
Time Out, 1st April 2010
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Rana Mitter visits Tony Cragg's studio, 2010
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Artists & Illustrators, 1st October 2008
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Tony Cragg Exhibitions
Tony Cragg December 4, 1992 - January 30, 1993
Tony Cragg March 20 - April 20, 1985
Tony Cragg February 28 - March 16, 1979
Tony Cragg Public Exhibitions
CURRENTRudolf Steiner und die Kunst der Gegenwart
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
13 May - 3 October
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
The Luminous West
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
10 July - 27 October
Kunst Museum Bonn
KölnSkulptur 5
Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne
Until April 2011
Skulpturenpark Koin
PAST
Second Nature
Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg
4 July 2009 - 11 October 2009
Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Signs of Life
Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany
23 May 2003 - 5 October 2003
Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
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TATE Gallery, Liverpool
18 March 2000 - 4 June 2000
TATE
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MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
16 June 1997 - 24 September 1997
MACBA
Tony Cragg Images
Red Square, 2007 Bronze 76 x 80 x 66 cm
Not yet titled (red stone), 2007 Rossemilas marble 155 x 90 x 90 cm
Constructor, 2007 Stainless steel 116 x 73 x 70 cm
Slanted Faces, 2007 Bronze 220 x 120 x 120 cm
Coordinates, 2006 Wood 188 x 158 x 126 cm
Cauldron, 2005 Bronze 119 x 125 x 133 cm
Sinbad, 2005 Bronze 160 x 310 x 170 cm
Mental Picture, 2004 Bronze 100 x 110 x 200 cm
Untitled, 1999 Pencil on paper 49.5 x 47.5 cm
Tony Cragg Contact
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