Tony Cragg
Please Touch!
22 Feb – 26 May 2024
Date
22 Feb – 26 May 2024
Location
» KunstpalastAdmission: 16 € / concessions 12 €
Children / young people under 18: free
Members of Friends of the Kunstpalast: free
The exhibition offers a glimpse over the sculptor’s shoulder, giving insight into his creative process and enabling visitors to experience his work with all their senses.
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Sculptures are meant to be touched. And yet this “touching” is seldom allowed in museums, usually for reasons of conservation. In collaboration with the English sculptor Tony Cragg (*1949), the Kunstpalast presents an exhibition that focuses on the tactile appeal of his sculptures. It is the first comprehensive presentation in a museum that explicitly invites visitors to touch all the sculptures, to use their hands to trace their lines and feel their contours.
Delving into the material world and revealing its possibilities is a central focus of Tony Cragg’s work. Please touch! vividly demonstrates his fascination with the fusion of material and meaning.
Tony Cragg, who has lived in Wuppertal since 1977, is one of the most internationally renowned sculptors of his generation. His large-scale sculptures are highly recognisable; their sensual forms invite viewers to change their point of view and perspective. Tony Cragg is also very familiar with their desire and urge to touch his art.
The sculptor has long been interested in the feelings and meanings that are evoked through the use of different substances. His sculptures are characterised by a variety of forms and materials, which can be seen and – unusually – felt in this exhibition of around 30 works at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.
Curator: Felix Krämer, General Director
Exhibition View
Foto: Anne Orthen
Photo: Anne Orthen
Photo: Anne Orthen
Photo: Anne Orthen
Photo: Anne Orthen
Photo: Anne Orthen
Exhibition Editions
“PASSING THROUGH”
Mask
Edition: 200 copies
Signed
200 €
Exclusively at the Kunstpalast
GRAPHIC EDITION “BLUE”
Signed, numbered
Fine art pigment print
Edition: 50 copies
Size: 55 cm x 67 cm
1200 €
Without frame
Exclusively at Kunstpalast
GRAPHIC EDITION “RED”
Signed, numbered
Fine art pigment print
Edition: 50 copies
Size: 55 cm w x 67 cm h
1200 €
Without frame
Exclusively at the Kunstpalast
The editions are available on site in the Kunstpalast shop.
To order online, please send an e-mail to marcella.uthmann-gillessen@kunstpalast.de. Shipping will take place from the beginning of March.
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Make a note now: Pre-sale tickets will go on sale on 15 May 2024!
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