Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool in 1949. He is considered one of the most recognized contemporary British artists worldwide, belonging to the golden generation of British sculpture alongside Anish Kapoor, Richard Wentworth, Richard Long, and Richard Deacon. While he was trained in the United Kingdom, he has been residing in Germany since 1997, where he works at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as a professor since 1988. In that same year, he won the Turner Prize and represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale. From his extensive curriculum, we can highlight his participation in the Kassel Documenta in 1982 and 1987, as well as his exhibitions at MACBA and CAC – Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Málaga in 2003. He was distinguished as a member of the Royal Academy in 1994.
Cragg works with various materials and admits to being influenced by scientific and philosophical thinking. His main concern is to renew and expand the formal vocabulary of sculpture, transforming these materials into creations that only lightly evoke forms found in nature or artifacts. He became notable for integrating objects rejected by the industrial world into his works. Cragg works with metal, glass, plastic, and applies exquisite design to his prints.
