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Tony Cragg
1949 Born in Liverpool (UK) Tony Cragg is one of the most important representatives of British artists born in the early 50s. This generation has initiated a Renaissance in sculpture based on objects. Similarly to Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow, Tony Cragg began his studies in art school in the late 60s and early 70s, in the period when minimalism, conceptualism and arte povera were reigning as the most popular movements. New materials, until now not used in art, came into use. The public became interested in Richard Long´s stone objects, brick works by Carl Andre, Mario Merz´s needles, Bruce Neuman or Gilbert and George. Cragg´s first works produced in his RCA studio consisted of a stool and little wood pieces while the contents of his first exhibtions were pieces of plastic combined to reproduce the colour spectrum in the form a crescent shape. They appeared to be an attempt to adapt elements of the outer world for art´s sake. The artist quickly realised that the method of heroic gestures for their own sake or to demonstrate geometric processes is futile as it renders the work meaningless. Tony Cragg differentiates between the art created in a defined conceptual frame (Brancussi, Giacometti, Warhol or Koons) and this created by an artist approaching the world by instinct (which can be seen in Degas, Bernardo Rosso or Beuys´s art). After having moved to the Rhineland in 1977, Cragg became aware of a European cultural heritage and not only strove to be shown on the continent but first of all to refer to economic development, climate and intellectual genealogy. Many of the people who Cragg admits to be influenced by are scientists and philosophers like Isaac Newton and Alain Prochiantz. Being inspired by their works in the 80s he exhibits small wooden forms resembling Norwegian fjord area houses, steel constructions of the Albert Dock in his home-town, Liverpool and creates gigantic versions of laboratory equipment. courtesy The Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Poland. Awards 1988 Turner Prize award (refer to: www.tate.org.uk) 2005 Tony Cragg - Estampes et dessins Catherine Putman Editions, Paris Anthony Cragg - Recent Sculptures recommended Mam Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Wien, Vienna Exhibition of Indoor Collections Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima Tony Cragg - familić Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg The Second Beijing International Art Biennale 2005 Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing Tony Cragg Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich Summertime recommended Mam Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Wien, Vienna Sammlung 2005 - Neupräsentation der erweiterten Sammlung K21 KUNSTSAMMLUNG NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN - im Ständehaus, Duesseldorf Figur / Skulptur Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg Kunstraum Deutschland National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest Reflexionen - Eröffnung und Ausstellung Art Center Berlin Friedrichstrasse, Berlin Reflexionen - Tony Cragg und fünf Studenten seiner Meisterklasse Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin Bidibidobidiboo Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin Proyecto Cono Sur - FRAC Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo Auktion 20 recommended Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin Fondos Regionales de Arte Contemporáneo Île-de-France y Poitou-Charentes MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Contemporánea - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Fundación Juan March, Madrid Contemporánea-Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Museo de Arte Abstracto Espańol, Cuenca El estado de las cosas - El objeto en el arte desde 1960 hasta nuestros días ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz 2004 Presentation of the collection X MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp Sonderaktion Graphiken und Bücher Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich Archiskulptur Foundation Beyeler, Riehen Tear Down This Wall: Paintings From The 1980s MOCA GRAND AVENUE, Los Angeles, CA Collection autumn 2004 MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp INTRA-MUROS MUSÉE DART MODERNE ET DART CONTEMPORAIN-NICE, Nice Love / Hate. From Magritte to Cattelan. Villa Manin. Centro darte contemporanea, Passariano (UD) Tony Gragg Buchmann Galerie, Cologne Turning Points - 20th Century British Sculpture Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran 2003 Tony Cragg Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY New presentation of the collection (VI) MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp Tony Cragg Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich 17. VERSTEIGERUNG/Auction - Vorbesichtigung/preview recommended Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin Tony Cragg MACRO - Museo dArte Contemporanea Roma, Rome Tony Cragg - Signs of Life Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepubilk Deutschland, Bonn Avantgarde und Tradition Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz Graphische Suiten der Edition Bernd Klüser Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich Van Brueghel tot Picasso Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Museum voor oude en moderne kunst, Enschede Obras seleccionadas - Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación la Caixa Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Espańol, Valladolid 2002 La Colección Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Von ZERO bis 2002 ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe Durch 150 Jahre in Schwarz - Weiss Hachmeister Galerie, Münster Gallery Artists Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL Realitetsfantasier - Post-modern Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo Tony Cragg Buchmann Galerie, Cologne Anthony Cragg - Sculpture recommended Galerie Epikur - Wuppertal, Wuppertal Espacio Concepto Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona Space Concept Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona Tony Cragg - New Sculptures Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem 2001 Tony Cragg GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM, Umeĺ Beuys to Hirst: Art works at Deutsche Bank Dean Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) Beuys to Hirst - Artworks at Deutsche Bank Weston Link, Edinburgh (Scotland) Artcité - Quand Montréal devient musée Musée dart contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Anthony Cragg recommended Mam Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Wien, Vienna Tony Cragg Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Neue Skulpturen und Zeichnungen - Tony Cragg Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin Anthony Cragg Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens The Language of Things Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) 2000 Tony Cragg Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY Anthony Cragg - Sculpturen MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp Tony Cragg Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich Aller Anfang ist MERZ - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover A Summer Show 2000 Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY Skulpturenpark Ismaning 2000 KALLMANN-MUSEUM, Ismaning Tony Cragg Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England) Zwischen - Raum Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin 1999 Zeitwenden - Rückblick und Ausblick Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn Tony Cragg : Sculpture Buchmann Galerie, Cologne Tony Cragg - Twenty-Two Drawings and One Sculpture Galerie Karsten Greve - Mailand, Milano Britisch Sculpture Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck Tony Cragg Konrad Fischer Galerie GmbH, Duesseldorf Anthony Cragg Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris 1998 Contemporary British Artists Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Tony Cragg Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem Tony Cragg Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich Tony Cragg Bawag Foundation, Vienna Tony Cragg - new sculptures Wellington City Gallery, Wellington Tony Cragg - Terracota-Plastiken und Druckgraphik der 90er Jahre Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin Tony Cragg - Sculpture Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius Representing galleries 28 Austria Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg recommended institution Mam Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Wien, Vienna Belgium Baronian_Francey, Brussels André Simoens Gallery, Knokke-Zoute Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem France Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris Galerie Karsten Greve - Paris, Paris Catherine Putman Editions, Paris Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Germany Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin völcker & freunde gallery, Berlin Buchmann Galerie, Cologne Konrad Fischer Galerie GmbH, Duesseldorf Hachmeister Galerie, Münster Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich Greece Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens Italy Galerie Karsten Greve - Mailand, Milano TUCCI RUSSO Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Turin Portugal Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga Sweden GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM, Umeĺ Switzerland Art & Public, Geneva Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Lugano United Kingdom Simon C Dickinson Ltd, London (England) Lisson Gallery, London (England) USA Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY Public collections 24 Austria Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg Belgium MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp Musée d´Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels Canada National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario France Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris Germany ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg Italy MART-Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto MUSEO D`ARTE CONTEMPORANEA CASTELLO DI RIVOLI, Turin Japan 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam Norway Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo Poland The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw Spain Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Malága, Málaga Switzerland Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern United Kingdom Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (Scotland) Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (England) Royal Academy of Arts, London (England) USA The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA MOCA GRAND AVENUE, Los Angeles, CA Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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