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.
Lives and works in Wuppertal, Germany
www.tony-cragg.com
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
Artist Contact
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Artist News
Tony Cragg versus F. X. Messerschmidt
Belvedere, Vienna
Curated by Jon Wood
28 January - 25 May 2008
Belvedere
Tony Cragg - Material Thoughts
Fondazione Stelline, Milan
27 September – 25 November 2007
Fondazione Stelline
Artist Press
friezefskjArtist Exhibitions
Tony Cragg May 17 - June 24, 2006View Exhibition
Tony Cragg October 26 - December 21, 2001
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Tony Cragg December 2, 1998 - February 6, 1999
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Then and Now July 18 - September 12, 1998
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Tony Cragg December 4, 1992 - January 30, 1993
Tony Cragg June 28 - August 3, 1991
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Tony Cragg December 2, 1988 - January 28, 1989
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20th Anniversary Exhibition July 23 - September 19, 1987
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Tony Cragg March 20 - April 20, 1985
Tony Cragg December 2 - 24, 1982
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Through the Summer July 23 - September, 1981
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Tony Cragg July 16 - August 9, 1980
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Through the Summer June 21 - August, 1979
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Tony Cragg February 28 - March 16, 1979
Group Show February 8 - March 5, 1977
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Artist Images
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
Bad Guys, 2005 Bronze 68 x 84 x 86 cm
Mental Picture, 2004 Bronze 100 x 110 x 200 cm
Species, 2003 Stainless steel 240 x 360 x 200 cm
Column, 2003 Seeburger sandstone 290 x 70 x 80 cm
Untitled, 1999 Pencil on paper 49.5 x 47.5 cm