The world-renowned British sculptor Tony Cragg is an intriguing combination of artist and scientist, chemist and alchemist, believer and sceptic, whose work has had an immense influence on a whole younger generation of post-formalist sculptors. Born in Liverpool in 1949, Cragg abandoned his scientific background to pursue a career as an artist, and has, over the course of some twenty-five years, evolved a prodigious oeuvre, exhibiting widely and earning international acclaim. His remarkable and extensive body of sculpture, astonishingly diverse, ranges from early works in natural elements to large-scale plastic and wood assemblages, from metal-spiked pieces to smooth, sensual bronzes.This exceptional study of Cragg's sculpture, the fullest and most comprehensive to date, provides a thorough visual survey of work dating from the early 1970s to the present day, tracing the artist's development from his formative years at the Wimbledon School of Art through his conceptual, rather than stylistic, evolution of a sculptural vernacular. Following an introductory critique from Germano Celant, there is an extensive plates section focusing on individual works, bringing out the unique shape, colour and texture of each piece. Interwoven with the photographs are reflections from the artist himself, lending insight and understanding to his methods and motivations. A full reference section, with a short biography, a list of works, an exhibition history and select bibliography, concludes the monograph.

Tony Cragg

Arts & Photography

Celant, Germano

Cragg, Tony

Individual Artists

Thames&Hudson

Wellington City Gallery

Tony Cragg (born 1949) is one of Britain’s leading contemporary sculptors, an explorer of metamorphosis and the fourth dimension in the otherwise static domain of sculpture. This catalogue accompanies a retrospective of Cragg’s work at the Museo d’Arte of Lugano, and gathers together over 40 sculptures and assemblages--some monumental in scope--and more than 100 drawings and etchings that reveal the creative processes behind his better-known pieces. A full presentation of Cragg’s career to date is provided here, from his early explorations of the metaphysics of the mundane in the late 1970s, to his more recent three-dimensional smears in space. Accompanied by a never-before-published interview with the artist and key insights into the logic behind such works as “Minster” and “Subcommittee,” this is a must-have book for anyone interested in the work and thought of a revolutionary sculptor.

Tony Cragg XLIII Biennale Di Venezia 26 June - 25 September 1988

Visual Arts Department, British Council

Tony Cragg: Sculpture 1975 - 1990

Newport Harbor Art Museum

Tony Cragg, Sculptures on the Page

Art Books Intl Ltd

<p>"The future of sculpture has only just begun. Its potential is greater now than ever before, and its possibilities are just starting. Its language and its forms are just beginning to evolve." So says Tony Cragg, a believer not just in sculpture, but in freestanding, made-from-scratch abstraction. Cragg refuses to accept the domination of installation and the ready-made. His dedication to the form as he works in it--to its complexities, to its ability to interrogate the world and heighten our sensitivity--and his consistent espousal of that dedication, have given him an intriguing and unusual role in contemporary art. Cragg is a promoter of his medium in an age of anxiety about medium-based definitions, an age of crossover. There are plenty of words here, in an interview and three essays, but it's the sketches, watercolors, installation views, studio photographs and the sculptures themselves that make up the bulk of this new volume.</p>

Tony Cragg: In and Out of Material

Kudielka, Robert

Brockhaus, Christoph

History & Criticism

Walther König, Köln

Tony Cragg: Spiel nach draussen : Skulpturen im öffentlichen Raum (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Cantz

Tony Cragg: Against the Grain

Wood, Jon

Strzelecki Books

As a child, Valentina Moncada, daughter of an art-loving fashion photographer, spent much of her play time observing photo shoots with some of the world's most famous models and artists: she played with Oliviero Toscani, Verushka and Cy Twombly, all frequent guests at her father's studio. From early on in life Moncada understood it was the art world to which she belonged, leading her to found the contemporary art gallery that bears her name. This book documents the first decade of her bold and enthusiastic adventures in the international art world.

Visions: Galleria Valentina Moncada: The First Decade

PRATESI, Ludovico

D'Orazio, Costantino

Hatoum, Mona

Wearing, Gillian

Davenport, Ian

Moncada, Valentina

Charta

Tony Cragg (Italian Edition)

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