Tony Cragg approaches questions of form and material by associating the techniques of classical sculpture with prospective and experimental researches. He believes that any imaginable material can be a carrier of meaning, imagination and emotions and that sculpture is a medium turned towards the future, whose potential is far from exhausted. In this conception, art occupies a territory between the organic realm of nature and the functionalistic remit of industrial production.
Tony Cragg
The exhibition by Tony Cragg at Mudam Luxembourg shows the diversity and energy characterising his work, approaching questions of form and material.
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- 27 February 2017
- Luxembourg
Offering a space of freedom beyond utilitarian needs is therefore what constitutes the explicitly political dimension of his art – or of any art, for that matter – as it allows him to give the material a new form with every new sculpture and express his feelings and emotions in constantly changing ways. “Sculpture is how material and material forms affect us”, says Cragg. Reaching beyond viewers’ emotional receptivity, it appeals primarily to their intellectual capacity of analytical perception in order to make sense of what they see.
until 3 September 2017
Tony Cragg
curated by Clément Minighetti
Mudam Luxembourg
3 Park Dräi Eechelen, Luxembourg