The Buchmann Galerie is pleased to present for the Gallery Weekend Berlin an exhibition of new sculptures by Tony Cragg. The Musée du Louvre Paris shows until June 4 sculptures by Tony Cragg in a solo exhibition in the Cour Marly and Cour Puget. A large-scale sculpture at the entrance underneath the pyramid will be on view until November.
Tony Cragg (b. 1949, lives and works in Wuppertal) is one of the most important sculptors of our time. His work testifies to a method in which questions of design and their sculptural solutions are repeatedly taken up and refined. Tony Cragg’s sculptures can be described as visual appropriations of forms and structures from the complex world in which we live. He derives both the conception of the content and the diverse vocabulary of forms from an attempt to come to terms with organic life forms and microbiological structures as well as from his work with profane consumer materials and modern technology. In the process, Tony Cragg examines the principles of different realms of life such as nature, technology, civilization, and art in terms of their fundamental elements and structures.
The continuity and validity of his work is due to fundamental questions about the relationship of body, material, object and space that Tony Cragg has been addressing continuously for years now. The diversity of materials, sculptural techniques, and solutions exhibited is exemplary of the artist’s encyclopedically evolving oeuvre; his extraordinary importance as a sculptor was impressively demonstrated when he was awarded the Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture in 2007.
Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg is hosting a big survey show of Tony Cragg’s work until June 12. Upcoming exhibitions will be at the Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh and the Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas.
For additional information on the artist or for visual materials on the works in the exhibition, please do not hesitate to contact the gallery at any time.
ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel
Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur
Lisson Gallery, London
1984
Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo
Cologne ischer Kunstverein, Cologne
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
1983
Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro
Art&Project, Amsterdam
Marian Goodman, New York
Lucio Amelio, Naples
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Franco Toselli, Milan
Buchmann Galerie, St. Gallen
1982
Nisshin Gallery, Tokyo
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Lisson Gallery, London
5. Triennale Indien, Neu Dehli
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Nouveau Musée, Lyon
Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Munich
1981
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
Front Room, London
Vacuum, Düsseldorf
Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Munich
The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Nouveau Musée, Lyon
Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Etienne
1980
Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples
Galleria Franco Toselli, Milan
Saman Gallery, Genua
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Lützowstrasse Situation, Berlin
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Lisson Gallery, London
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1979
Lisson Gallery, London
Lützowstrasse Situation, Berlin
Künstlerhaus Weidenallee, Hamburg
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
State Art Gallery, Sopot
Group Exhibitions
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
10. Biennale Istanbul
Il Futuro del Futurismo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bergamo
Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York
Nient’altro che scultera, Carrara
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
Ambition d’Art, Frac Rhône Alpes, Villeurbanne
The Implications of Image, MUCA Mexico City
Brillantfeuerwerk, Haus der Kunst Munich
Zerbrechliche Schönheit, museum kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Figura Humanay Abstraccion, Museo Würth La Rioja
2007
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
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
2006
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
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
2005
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
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
2004
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
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
2003
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
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
2002
John Chamberlain - Wolfgang Laib - Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Agra
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
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
2001
Kettle´s Yard, Cambridge
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy London
Aller Anfang ist Merz, Haus der Kunst, Munich
the hole project, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Southampton City Art Gallery
Articité, Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal
2000
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
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
1999
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
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
1998
Breaking Ground, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Anos 80 Culturgest, Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lissabon
Arterias, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Grafik der Gegenwart 1998, Bonner Künstlerform, Bonn
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
