Points of View
Points of View is the title of a series of sculptures by the sculptor Tony Cragg from 2002. In the largest version, the works in this series consist of three approximately 12.5 meter high columnar structures, sometimes are set up at the corners of an equilateral triangle. Numerous variants in different sizes and made of different materials can be found in several public and private locations and collections in Europe.
description
The columnar objects with their organic shapes, which are reminiscent of rapidly rotating bodies, produce impressions of human profiles when viewed from certain perspectives. This is created by shapes that appear flat, arched, sometimes angular and softly flowing. The sculptures give the impression of a suddenly pausing, dancing helical movement. Points of View is a continuation of Cragg's work Early Forms from 1990. Much of his work was created by stacking materials on top of one another, whereby the individual parts remain partially visible. The artist's style conveys the metamorphosis of matter through aerodynamic forms through the vertically organized spiral forms. The Points of View belong to the group of works Rational Beings, conceived by Cragg since 1996 , whose "core themes are the moving axial framework". The sculptures in this group of works are to be understood neither organically nor architecturally, but as dynamic structures. Natural matter behaves dynamically, such as running rotating water from a container or a tornado . This sometimes disturbing vortex formation of matter can definitely have intended effects on the psyche of the viewer. With his Points of View and comparable other works of the Rational Beings, Cragg tries to achieve a great dynamic tension with an accentuated vertical, but in perception they should appear unstable and directed against gravity. Points of Views reminds British art critic Mark Hudson of the Italian futurism of the early 20th century.
Tony Cragg writes about his work:
“My experience with sculpture shows that it is an incredibly dynamic and moving thing. There is something very immediate about reading the material. "
"The areas of tension between what we know and what we don't know, what we see and don't see, what we perceive as rational and irrational and what we feel and do not feel form the subject of this sculpture"
The basis of the design for the elliptical shapes were initially paper templates, which were then transferred to plywood and sawed out. Cragg reports that he formed these ellipses from three drawn profiles of his son John's face in a horizontal position. The profiles, which were at right angles to one another, were given two graphical axes that were brought into the desired length ratio.
Sculptures and exhibitions (selection)
- 2005 Málaga street installation at the intersection of Calle Larios and Calle Strachan.
- 2007 Waldfrieden Sculpture Park, Wuppertal
- June 9, 2017, gold-colored Points of View, placed in front of the Malmö Art Gallery . The individual columns weigh between 9 and 12 tons and are around 12.5 m high.
- 11 February - 3 September 2017, Tony Cragg at the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam) Luxembourg
Web links
- Video about the work in the Waldfrieden sculpture park
- Mark Hudson: 'Mind-boggling structures in a stunning landscape': Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects, review. In: The Telegraph. Retrieved March 1, 2017, July 8, 2017 (UK English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Sculpture Park Waldfrieden (Hrsg.): The Sculpture Park Waldfrieden. Wuppertal 2015, in it Charles Duprat: Consideration of the work. P. 54.
- ↑ Stuttgart website in the picture
- ↑ Christa Lichtenstern in: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe , Museum der Moderne Salzburg (Ed.): Tony Cragg. Second Nature , Dumont Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-8321-9165-8 , p. 238
- ^ Review in the daily newspaper The Telegraph from March 1, 2017 on the occasion of an exhibition in Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- ^ A b Exhibition Tony Cragg in the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam), Luxembourg
- ↑ Tony (Anthony) Cragg: Points of View, 2002. City of Stuttgart, accessed on July 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Tony Cragg: Spine Continued . From: In and Out of Material Walther König Köln 2006, p. 183
- ↑ Points of view Sculpture on malagaturismo.com.
- ↑ Star sculptor Tony Cragg has expanded his sculpture park . In: General-Anzeiger . Bonn 2013 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de ). and images Tony Cragg Sculpture Park. wuppertal.de, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Nu är "Points of View" av Tony Cragg i Malmö invigt . In: Mynewsdesk . June 9, 2017 (Swedish, mynewsdesk.com ).