Tony Cragg's Under the Skin: Sculpture as Conceptual Analogy
Tony Cragg draws on iconographic sources from the exact sciences to establish a basic vocabulary, from which he builds conceptual analogies. Under the Skin, a wood sculpture studded with a multitude of metal hooks screwed into the mass of the wood, is an exemplary work of this cumulative system of correspondences. The artist aims to make visible a concrete reality imperceptible to the naked eye.
Key facts
- Tony Cragg uses iconographic sources from exact sciences for his basic vocabulary.
- He establishes conceptual analogies from this vocabulary.
- Under the Skin is a wood sculpture with many metal hooks screwed into the wood.
- The work exemplifies a cumulative system of correspondences.
- Cragg seeks to render a concrete reality visible that is not perceptible to the naked eye.
Entities
Artists
- Tony Cragg
Sources
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