Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg Cv

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 Public Exhibitions

CURRENT

Tony Cragg - Sculptures and Drawings
Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai
7 September - 18 November
Himalayas Art Museum

PAST

Anthony Cragg
kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
14 September - 4 November 2012
kestnergesellschaft

Tony Cragg
Sculptures and Drawings
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu
8 July – 15 August
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu

Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2 March - 15 April 2012
CAFA Art Museum

Tony Cragg - Seeing Things
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Until 6 January 2012
Nasher Sculpture Center

Tony Cragg
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
30 July - 6 November 2011
Scottish National Gallery

Tony Cragg - It is, It Isn't
Chiesa di San Cristoforo Lucca, Italy
26 June - 10 September 2011
Lucca

Summer Exhibition 2011
Royal Academy of Arts, London
7 June - 15 August 2011
Royal Academy

Tony Cragg
Gow Langsford Gallery, New Zealand
20 July — 13 August 2011
Gow Langsford Gallery

Akademos - Tony Cragg
MKM - Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art, Duisburg
25 February — 12 June 2011
MKM

Tony Cragg - In 4 D
Kunst Meran Arte, Lauben
5 February — 29 May 2011
Kunst Meran

KölnSkulptur 5
Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne
April 2010 - April 2011
Skulpturenpark Koin

Tony Cragg - Figure out / Figures in
Musée du Louvre, Paris
28 January — 25 April 2011
The Louvre

Tony Cragg
Ca Pesaro, Venice
29 August 2010 — 9 January 2011
Ca Pesaro

Rudolf 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

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

Tony Cragg
TATE Gallery, Liverpool
18 March 2000 - 4 June 2000
TATE

Tony Cragg
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
16 June 1997 - 24 September 1997
MACBA

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