The Buchmann Galerie is pleased to present at the Buchmann Box a special exhibition with watercolors and drawings by Tony Cragg.
Tony Cragg (b. 1949, lives and works in Wuppertal) is one of the most important sculptors of our time. The sculptures he has created are probably better known than his drawings, having won the Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture in 2007. The significance of his sculptural oeuvre is beyond doubt. Yet here we have a rare opportunity to reflect on the relevance of Tony Cragg’s drawings to his oeuvre as a whole.
Tony Cragg’s sculptures offer a perspective on the human environment that is inspired by the natural sciences, allowing it to speak for itself, as it were. “For every material, there is a catalog of specific qualities, a rich vocabulary that establishes the language of objects.”—Tony Cragg
In contrast to the creative process for his sculpture, his drawings represent for Tony Cragg, with their dematerialized point of departure, a “search for knowledge.” The drawing, as the “inventor of a description for […] imperceptible processes,” is indispensible to his artistic project of sensitizing perception and creating consciousness. It makes thoughts visibly invisible, for example, through the use of numbers as codes, as lines … His drawings manifest a conception of reality as energy and material, access to Tony Cragg’s “dream world”—a reality partially unknown, imagined, yet demonstrable by and permeated with science.
Drawing has always been part of Tony Cragg’s work as an artist. In the beginning of his career, he produced drawings of materials. Tony Cragg created “drawings” using objects and volumes, be they ropes in the air or outlines of bodies on the wall, as a way to use linear elements for structures and forms. Toward the end of the 1980s, he increasingly began to appreciate drawing on paper as well, and since that time he has produced many such drawings.
A solo exhibition of Tony Cragg’s work, titled IN 4D dal fluire alla stabilità is on view at the Museo Ca’Pesaro in Venice, Italy, until January 9, 2011.
For further information about the artist or for illustrations of the works in the exhibition, please do not hesitate to contact the gallery.
Il Futuro del Futurismo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bergamo
The Florence and Daniel Guerlain Collection Cultural Services
2007
Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
PASSION FOR ART / LEIDENSCHAFT KUNST, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/ Vienna
Fundacion Cultural Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro MAVI, Santiago de Chile
Kunstverein Ingolstadt
„abstrakt“ Museum Moderner Kunst Kaernten
Fondazione Stelline, Milan
Zerbrechliche Schönheit, museum kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Evolution Galerie Max Lang, New York
http://kunstaspekte.de/index.php?tid=30407&action=termin Cologne Skulptur 4, Skulpturenpark Cologne 100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
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
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
Haunch of Venison, Zürich
Terrain. Von Robert Zünd bis Tony Cragg, Kunstmuseum Luzern
Who’s got the Big Picture? MuHKA, Antwerpen Drawing on Sculpture,
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galleria Tucci Russo, Torino
Stiftung Wilhelm Lembruck Museum, Duisburg
10. Biennale Istanbul
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds GOW Langsford Gallery Heavy Weights: Sculpture from the UK Towards a New Lacoon, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2006
Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
Room with a view - The Bouwfonds Art Collection, GEM - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
CCR - Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Know Matter How, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Lisson Gallery, London
DB ART, Frankfurt Folkwang Atoll, Kultfabrik Munich Morandi and Themes in Contemporary British Art, Abbot Hall, Kendal (Jan.)/Estorick Collection, London
Krefelder Kunstverein, Buschhüterhaus, Krefeld
Piazza d `Armi, Olympic Games Torino, Turin
ArchiSkulptur, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Gallery Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo/ Brazil
busy going crazy - Sylvio Perlstein Collection, La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
Foundation Louis Moret, Martigny, Schweiz
Kenji Taki, Tokio
On earth's face. Körperlandschaften, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille
Akademie der Künste, Berlin (cat.)
Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umea, Sweden
Transformation - Aus eigener Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, Vaduz
Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy
ICA Boston, USA
On earth's face. Körperlandschaften, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Dialog Skulptur, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen im Dialog, Die Sammlung Deutsche Bank zu Gast im Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, cur. by Dr. Ariane Grigoteit,
Le Mouvement des Images, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim Bilbao
PARADISO & INFERNO, Mario Mauroner, Salzburg
Revelation British Art Show 6, The Lowry - Art & Entertainment, Manchester
Galerie Jirí Svestka, Prag
2005
viennAfair, Reed Messe Vienna
Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris
Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Pittura e Spazio, (mit Lawrence Carroll, John Chamberlain, Mimmo Paladino), Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Agra/ Lugano
Intersezioni: Cragg Fabre Paladino al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium (Catanzaro)
The Goodwood Museum Exhibition, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, England
Contemporanea, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid
Museum der Wahrnehmung, Graz
Neues Museum, Staatl. Museum für Kunst u. Design, Nürnberg
Gow Langsford Gallery Auckland, New Zealand
Summertime, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna
Effervescence Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Private View 1980/2000: Collection Pierre Huber, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
UdK Berlin - Fakultät Bildende Kunst, Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin
Galleria Tusso Russo, Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/Turin
figur / skulptur, Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg
Central House of Artist, Moscow
E.S.P.A.C.E. Peiresc, La Peau des Murs-l'Art Pariéral Contemporain, Toulon
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Paisaje Humano. Hogares. Concepto y Sentimiento. Gente. CAC Malaga
Reflexionen, Art Center Berlin-Friedrichstraße, Berlin
Henry Moore - Epoche und Echo - Englische Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
2004
Museu Serralves, Porto
Galerie Knoll, Vienna
John Chamberlain, Wilhelm Mundt, Tony Cragg, Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Agra/Lugano
Intra-muros, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice
Diffusion primär zeit, Opel Rüsselsheim
Love/Hate, Villa Manin, Udine
Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
Turning Points, Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Teheran
Treasure Island, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
A Secret History of Clay: From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
ArchiSkulptur - Modelle, Skulpturen und Gemälde, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/ Basel
Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya/Tokyo
Acquisitions Récents, Œuvres Contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2003
Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Agra
Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo
Belvedere dell’ Arte, Firenze
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich
The 2nd World CeramicBiennale Korea 2003, Korea
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rom, Rom
G 2003, Vira Gamborogno Arte, Ascona/Vira
Skulptur 03, Galeria Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Perpetual Bliss – Form, Symbol, and Material in Contemporary Sculpture, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin
Vigeland Museum, Oslo
CAC Málaga, Málaga
OICS 2003, Oslo
Graphische Suiten der Edition Bernd Klüser, Galerie Klüser 2, Munich
Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada
Bibliothèque Nationale Francaise, Paris
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
2002
Sculptures, Buchmann Galerie, Köln
John Chamberlain - Wolfgang Laib - Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Agra
Heintz’s Wonderland, Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Kunst im Bethmannhof Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Mood River, Wexner Center of the Arts, Columbus/ Ohio
Galeria Academia, Salzburg
Metamorphosis in Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
Thinking Big, Guggenheim Museum, Venice
Conversation, The Athens School of Fine Arts, Athen
Formes et Matières, Centre d’art contemporain de Briancon
L´art d´aujourd´hui, Musée de Grenoble
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
Time Space Motion, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Summer Exhibition, RoyaL Academy London
Collection 1, fondation pour l'art contemporain, Claudine et Jean-Marc Samlomon, Alex (Annecy), France
Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Detmold
Blast to Freeze: Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal
Slip: Artists in the Netherlands and Britain working with ceramic, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts & Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
Objets de réflexion, Le Plateau, FRAC, Paris
Galerie Carles Taché, Barcelona
The Unfinished Century – Legacies of 20th Century Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2001
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paolo
Aller Anfang ist Merz, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Galerie Seitz&Partner, Berlin
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Galeria Academia, Salzburg
the hole project, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, Wuppertal
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main
Lisson Gallery, New York
Articité, Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Southampton City Art Gallery
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Buchmann Skulpturenprojeke und Kunsthandel, Agra/ Lugano
Galleria Tucci Russo, Studio per l´Arte Conemporanea, Torre Pellice/Turin
Somerset House, London
Galerie Bernier/Eliades, Athen
Kettle´s Yard, Cambridge
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy London
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea, Sweden
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
2000
IMPORT, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Kunstraum-Deutschland, Goethe Institut Athen
Positionen, Galerie Thadeus Ropac, Salzburg
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Bernd Klüser Galerie, Munich
i8 Galleri, Reykjavik, Island
Zwischen-Raum, Galerie Seitz&Partner, Berlin
Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen
At Home with Art, Artsway, Sway Hampshire
Holderbank AG, Holderbank, Switzerland
At Home with Art, Tate Gallery, London
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Aller Anfang ist Merz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Aller Anfang ist MERZ – Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Dinge in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Muhka Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen
Passajes de la collección en Málaga, Fondación la Caixa, Malaga
Kallmann Museum, Ismaning
Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool
L´ombra della ragione, Galleria d´arte moderne, Bologna
Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Irland
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
1999
Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Köln
Le musée à l´heure anglaise, Valenciennes
Entrevoir, Villa du Parc, Annemasse
Kiasma, Helsinki
Der Stein träumt..., Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
Gesammelte Werke 1, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finnland
Les Champs de la sculpture 2000, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Galeria André Viana, Porto
Zeitwenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea Kiasma, Helsinki
Das XX.Jahrhundert ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland, Nationalgalerie
Gallery Kenji Taki, Nagoya
Uit Depot, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
The History of the Turner prize, Artsway, Sway Hampshire
FRAC Bougongne, Dijon
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London
Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore – Die Kunst der Gegenwart im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Galleria Tucci Russo, Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/ Turin
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Het Kruithuis, s'- Hertogenbosch
Art at Work: Forty Years of the Chase Manhattan, New York
Parcours de Sculpture en Ile de France, Fondation de Coubertin, Saint-Rèmy lès Chevreuse
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal,
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea, Sweden
Prime, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
At Home with Art, Hayward Gallery, London
Skulpturensammlung Viersen
Barmenia Versicherungen, Wuppertal
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
1998
Tony Cragg, Buchmann Galerie, Agra
Ulmer Museum, Ulm
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin
Ciudades sin Nombre, Sala de Exposiciones Plaza de Espana de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Arterias, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
The Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius, Vilnius
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
Palazzo Pubblico, Santa Maria della Scala, Piazza Sant’Agostino, Siena
50 espèes d´espaces, MAC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille
