2017
Edition Size: 40
Image Size: 37 x 48 cm
Sheet Size: 50 x 63 cm
Signed
Condition: Pristine
Receiver I is one of the rare limited graphic editions by Tony Cragg. Painted in vivid red, we see abstract, interlocking shapes reminiscent of receivers. And indeed: the motif of the receiver can be found again and again in Tony Cragg’s work, and he has also created large-format sculptures based on it.
In these works, Cragg explores the sending and receiving of information – or rather the theme of interpersonal communication.
€1,700.00
Tony Cragg’s first artistic success came with his site-specific installations, which used arrangements of discarded or found objects. As his career progressed, he began to use bronze, wood, stone, plaster, Kevlar, stainless steel and cast iron in his creations. Tony Cragg’s worldwide reputation largely rests on a couple of ever-evolving projects. One of these is known as Early Forms. In this work, he manipulates the outer layers of containers, in order to explore the dynamics that can emerge when they are placed close together. The other project, called Rational Beings, uses sculptures based on Cragg’s drawings of gestures. The sculptures’ polystyrene cores are covered in carbon fibre, which is shaped into a 3D version of the drawing on which it is based.
