Versus (Tony Cragg)

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Versus is a sculpture by British sculptor Tony Cragg that he created in several sizes and colors. It is part of Tony Cragg's group of works “rational beings” (German: “rational beings”).

Location and description

There are several versions of this bronze sculpture.

  • Versus (2011), in the Waldfrieden Sculpture Park in Wuppertal. This version is black.
  • Versus (2012), in the Cass Sculpture Foundation sculpture park in West Sussex, England. This version is black and measures 266 × 285 × 150 centimeters.
  • Versus (2012), this version (Lisson Gallery) is green and measures 150 × 160 × 55 centimeters.
  • Versus (2013), this version (Leila Heller Gallery) is black and measures 65 × 81 × 26.9 centimeters.
  • Versus (2014), this version (Beyer Projects) is green and has the dimensions 149 × 165 × 64 centimeters and rests on a base of 41 × 102 × 41 centimeters.
  • Versus (2017) measures 160 × 150 centimeters (height and width) and rests on a 40 centimeter high base. According to Cragg, this is the only version created specifically for interiors. It is the same red as the version that was shown during the Tony Cragg retrospective “Parts of the World” 2016 in the Von der Heydt Museum. Cragg describes the blood-red color as "scarlet red". The weight of this bronze sculpture is 650 kilograms. It has been in the Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal since April 2017 and has been part of the permanent exhibition since then.

Museum director Gerhard Finckh (Von der Heydt-Museum) said in 2017 about this sculpture Versus (2017) in red:

“ This sculpture could become a new symbol for the museum. It's like looking at the sun during a sunrise. "

history

The leitmotif of the Tony Cragg retrospective “Parts of the World” 2016 in the Von der Heydt Museum

The first version of the sculpture, made of red lacquered plywood, was created for the pyramid of the Louvre in Paris (Tony Cragg's solo exhibition: "Figure in Figure out" January to June 2011). This was the first sculpture ever to be exhibited on the base in the entrance area of ​​the pyramid.

The Duisburg Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art showed a blood-red version of Versus (2011) in the exhibition "Anthony Cragg - Things in Your Head".

Versus (2017) was acquired by the Wuppertal entrepreneur Eberhard Robke on the occasion of his 80th birthday and handed over to the Wuppertal Art and Museum Association on March 31, 2017 . The acquisition was made by Robke, a long-time chairman of the Art and Museum Association, not through the Renate and Eberhard Robke Foundation, but wanted to give the sculpture personally as a gift. It was commissioned by Robke after the retrospective in June 2016.


Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://skulpturenpark-waldfrieden.de/fa/_migrated/media/Versus.jpg
  2. ↑ Versus | Sculptures | CASS Sculpture Foundation. In: org.uk. www.sculpture.org.uk, accessed July 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ Tony Cragg | Versus (2012) | Artsy. (No longer available online.) In: artsy.net. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 19, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.artsy.net  
  4. ↑ Tony Cragg - Versus. In: beyerprojects.com. Beyer Projects, accessed July 19, 2017 (American English).
  5. ^ A b Marion Meyer: Musenblätter - The independent culture magazine. In: musenblaetter.de. April 1, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c Eberhard Robke gives away art with great radiance . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . 2017 ( wz.de ).
  7. ^ Sculptor Tony Cragg: The compost is organized . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . 2011, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net ).  
  8. ^ City of Wuppertal - Eberhard Robke gives a sculpture by Tony Cragg. In: wuppertal.de. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .