Author: Tony Cragg

Publisher: Silvana Editoriale

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788836622498

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.