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TONY CRAGG - 1949 / UGLY FACES - 2006
Wood
200 x 140 x 110 cm.
Private Collection / Long Term Loan
British-born Tony Cragg completed his art foundation course at the
Gloucestershire College of Art and Design in Cheltenham and continued his
studies at the Wimbledon School of Art (1969-1973). He completed his studies at
the Royal College of Art (1973-1977). In 1977 he moved to Wuppertal in Germany,
where he continues to live and work.
Cragg made a name for himself in the late 1970s with a series of
mobile sculptures. He followed up his success with a number of works made from
brightly-colored, discarded materials that he affixed to floors or walls to
create recognizable shapes. By the 1980s Cragg had established himself as one
of the leading names in contemporary sculpture. In later works he placed found
objects in three-dimensional configurations. One of his main inspirations in
the late 1990s was the rotational energy of cyclones, which motivated him to
produce dramatic, vertical columns. The sculpture, Ugly Faces,
marks the beginning of a new direction for Cragg as he incorporates into his
work the idea of cell fission and regeneration around a central axis.
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