To seal a collaboration that has been lasting over twenty years, the Buchmann Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition dedicated to the most recent artistic production of Anthony Cragg.
A unique opportunity to get near the work of one of the main interpreter of British Contemporary Art, who has personally introduced his oeuvre during the opening in June, and who has just recently been appointed new Director of the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf.
In the gallery spaces in Agra, the Murano Glass objects are drawn closer to two stone sculptures that stand out for their strong dynamism and echoes the futuristic expressiveness.
Born out of the cooperation between the English sculptor and the Venetian Studio of Adriano Berengo, the glass works are the result of an alliance among Cragg’s idea and the realisation by the Glass Master under the artist’s attentive eye.
Cragg experiments with a traditional element as glass and conveys to it his personal research, which is tied to form and material. The result is a new expressive language in which the importance of the outline prevails over colour.
In the stone sculptures the accent is set as well as on the form (circles assembled in a repeated movement) and the material (Diabas and Carrara marble: the first one invites to a contact with the audience’s hand and the latter denies it) also on the juxtaposition of colour and surface.
An exhibition that underlines Cragg’s interest in an uninterrupted research in favour of an ever-renewed expressiveness. This because in Cragg’s opinion material is everything, “the future of sculpture has just started and its potentials are bigger than ever. Its language and forms have just begun to evolve …”.
A corollare una collaborazione che perdura da oltre un ventennio, la Buchmann Galerie è lieta di presentare una mostra dedicata alla produzione artistica più recente di Anthony Cragg.
Un’opportunità unica per confrontarsi con l’opera di uno dei maggiori interpreti dell’arte contemporanea inglese, che ha personalmente introdotto il suo lavoro in occasione dell’apertura in Collina lo scorso 20 giugno e che è appena stato nominato nuovo direttore della Kunstakademie di Düsseldorf.
Negli spazi di Agra le creazioni in vetro di Murano sono accostate a due sculture in pietra che si contraddistinguono per il forte dinamismo reminiscente di un’espressività futurista.
Nate dalla cooperazione dello scultore inglese con lo Studio veneziano di Adriano Berengo le opere in vetro sono il risultato di un connubio fra l’idea di Cragg e la realizzazione del maestro vetraio sotto l’occhio attento dell’artista.
Cragg sperimenta con un elemento tradizionale quale il vetro e vi traspone la sua personale ricerca legata alla forma e al materiale. Ne risulta un inedito linguaggio espressivo dove l’importanza della sagoma prevale su quella del colore.
Nelle sculture in pietra l’accento è posto oltre che sulla forma (cerchi assemblati in in un ripetuto movimento) e la materia (Diabas e marmo di Carrara: l’una invita al contatto con la mano del fruitore e l’altra lo nega) ma anche sulla giustapposizione di colore e di superficie.
Una mostra che sottolinea l’interesse di Cragg per una ricerca continua a favore di una sempre rinnovata espressività, proprio perché stando all’artista “il futuro della scultura è appena iniziato e le sue potenzialità sono più grandi che mai. Il suo linguaggio e le sue forme hanno appena cominciato a evolversi…”.
ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel
Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur
Lisson Gallery, London
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1984
Galleria Tucci Russo, Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/ Turin
Gallery Yarlow & Salzmann Gallery, Toronto
Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Munich
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galerie De Vleeshal, Middelburg
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebeaek
Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris
Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo
Cologne ischer Kunstverein, Cologne
1983
Marian Goodman, New York
Lucio Amelio, Naples
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Franco Toselli, Milan
Buchmann Galerie, St. Gallen
Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro
Art&Project, Amsterdam
1982
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
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5. Triennale Indien, Neu Dehli
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
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Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
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1981
Vacuum, Düsseldorf
Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Munich
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Front Room, London
1980
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1979
Lützowstrasse Situation, Berlin
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Gruppenausstellungen
2024
Art Basel — F18/2.0 – Tony Cragg, Jason Martin, Bettina Pousttchi, Wolfgang Laib, Gajin Fujita, Clare Woods, Wilhelm Mundt, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Città irreale, Buchmann Box, Berlin
2023
Presentation of works on paper by Tony Cragg and Mario Merz, Buchmann Galerie, Lugano
Keramik — – Seyni Awa Camara, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Martin Disler, Bettina Pousttchi, Rosemarie Trockel, Masaomi Yasunaga, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Praemium Imperiale Art of our Time, The Ueno Royal Museum
2007
Evolution Galerie Max Lang, New York
„abstrakt“ Museum Moderner Kunst Kaernten
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds GOW Langsford Gallery Heavy Weights: Sculpture from the UK Towards a New Lacoon, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Artempo Palazzo Fortuny, Venice 2007 Rock Paper Scissors, cur. by Jon Wood The Henry Moore Institute/Leeds Buchmann Galerie, Berlin Summer Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
http://kunstaspekte.de/index.php?tid=30407&action=termin Cologne Skulptur 4, Skulpturenpark Cologne 100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
Terrain. Von Robert Zünd bis Tony Cragg, Kunstmuseum Luzern
Who’s got the Big Picture? MuHKA, Antwerpen Drawing on Sculpture,
PASSION FOR ART / LEIDENSCHAFT KUNST, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/ Vienna
10. Biennale Istanbul
Zerbrechliche Schönheit, museum kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Room with a view - The Bouwfonds Art Collection, GEM - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Transformation - Aus eigener Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, Vaduz
DB ART, Frankfurt Folkwang Atoll, Kultfabrik Munich Morandi and Themes in Contemporary British Art, Abbot Hall, Kendal (Jan.)/Estorick Collection, London
On earth's face. Körperlandschaften, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille
ICA Boston, USA
Le Mouvement des Images, Centre Pompidou, Paris
On earth's face. Körperlandschaften, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim Bilbao
ArchiSkulptur, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
PARADISO & INFERNO, Mario Mauroner, Salzburg
Know Matter How, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Dialog Skulptur, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen im Dialog, Die Sammlung Deutsche Bank zu Gast im Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, cur. by Dr. Ariane Grigoteit,
Revelation British Art Show 6, The Lowry - Art & Entertainment, Manchester
busy going crazy - Sylvio Perlstein Collection, La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
2005
E.S.P.A.C.E. Peiresc, La Peau des Murs-l'Art Pariéral Contemporain, Toulon
Reflexionen, Art Center Berlin-Friedrichstraße, Berlin
figur / skulptur, Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg
Henry Moore - Epoche und Echo - Englische Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
Pittura e Spazio, (mit Lawrence Carroll, John Chamberlain, Mimmo Paladino), Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Agra/ Lugano
Paisaje Humano. Hogares. Concepto y Sentimiento. Gente. CAC Malaga
Intersezioni: Cragg Fabre Paladino al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium (Catanzaro)
UdK Berlin - Fakultät Bildende Kunst, Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin
Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Contemporanea, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid
viennAfair, Reed Messe Vienna
Private View 1980/2000: Collection Pierre Huber, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
Effervescence Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Summertime, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna
2004
John Chamberlain, Wilhelm Mundt, Tony Cragg, Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Agra/Lugano
Treasure Island, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Love/Hate, Villa Manin, Udine
Diffusion primär zeit, Opel Rüsselsheim
Turning Points, Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Teheran
A Secret History of Clay: From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
ArchiSkulptur - Modelle, Skulpturen und Gemälde, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/ Basel
Acquisitions Récents, Œuvres Contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Intra-muros, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice
2003
The 2nd World CeramicBiennale Korea 2003, Korea
Skulptur 03, Galeria Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Perpetual Bliss – Form, Symbol, and Material in Contemporary Sculpture, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Belvedere dell’ Arte, Firenze
G 2003, Vira Gamborogno Arte, Ascona/Vira
OICS 2003, Oslo
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Vigeland Museum, Oslo
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada
Graphische Suiten der Edition Bernd Klüser, Galerie Klüser 2, Munich
2002
John Chamberlain - Wolfgang Laib - Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Agra
Galeria Academia, Salzburg
Conversation, The Athens School of Fine Arts, Athen
L´art d´aujourd´hui, Musée de Grenoble
Formes et Matières, Centre d’art contemporain de Briancon
Summer Exhibition, RoyaL Academy London
Objets de réflexion, Le Plateau, FRAC, Paris
Collection 1, fondation pour l'art contemporain, Claudine et Jean-Marc Samlomon, Alex (Annecy), France
Slip: Artists in the Netherlands and Britain working with ceramic, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts & Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Thinking Big, Guggenheim Museum, Venice
Heintz’s Wonderland, Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, Luxemburg
The Unfinished Century – Legacies of 20th Century Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Time Space Motion, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Mood River, Wexner Center of the Arts, Columbus/ Ohio
Blast to Freeze: Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Metamorphosis in Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
2001
the hole project, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Southampton City Art Gallery
Articité, Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal
Kettle´s Yard, Cambridge
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy London
Aller Anfang ist Merz, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2000
Positionen, Galerie Thadeus Ropac, Salzburg
Kunstraum-Deutschland, Goethe Institut Athen
Kallmann Museum, Ismaning
Zwischen-Raum, Galerie Seitz&Partner, Berlin
IMPORT, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Passajes de la collección en Málaga, Fondación la Caixa, Malaga
Dinge in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kunst, Munich
At Home with Art, Artsway, Sway Hampshire
At Home with Art, Tate Gallery, London
L´ombra della ragione, Galleria d´arte moderne, Bologna
Aller Anfang ist MERZ – Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Aller Anfang ist Merz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
1999
Skulpturensammlung Viersen
The History of the Turner prize, Artsway, Sway Hampshire
At Home with Art, Hayward Gallery, London
Der Stein träumt..., Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
Uit Depot, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
Art at Work: Forty Years of the Chase Manhattan, New York
Gesammelte Werke 1, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Entrevoir, Villa du Parc, Annemasse
Das XX.Jahrhundert ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland, Nationalgalerie
Le musée à l´heure anglaise, Valenciennes
Kiasma, Helsinki
FRAC Bougongne, Dijon
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea Kiasma, Helsinki
Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore – Die Kunst der Gegenwart im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Zeitwenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Parcours de Sculpture en Ile de France, Fondation de Coubertin, Saint-Rèmy lès Chevreuse
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Les Champs de la sculpture 2000, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Prime, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
1998
Tuning up #5, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
50 espèes d´espaces, MAC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille
Ciudades sin Nombre, Sala de Exposiciones Plaza de Espana de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid
Grosse Kunstausstellung - Retrospektive, AK 68 Wasserburg 1998
Jardin d´artiste: de mémoire d´arbre, Musée Zadkine, Paris
