Video: Plastic installations by Anthony Cragg
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The mountains of plastic garbage that vacationers leave behind on the beaches have long been a surprise. Few are trying to fight this phenomenon, and very few see it as a source of inspiration. Sculptor Anthony Cragg is in the latter category, transforming discarded plastic into original installations.
In his work, Anthony uses a variety of plastic items he found, ranging from dishes to construction waste. The author sorts all this stuff by color (or, if necessary, paints it), and then fixes it on the wall or on the floor, laying out various images from the elements. Very often, Anthony Cragg creates figures of people, but this is not the only subject of his work: he has abstract works, and a geographical map, and even the British flag.
From a distance, the author's installations look like a single whole, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the bright color images are made from toothbrushes, plastic forks and other similar debris.
Anthony Cragg was born in Liverpool (UK) in 1949. He began his career as a technician at the National Rubber Research Association. However, after a couple of years, Tony decided to study art. Behind the shoulders of the author training at courses at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design in Cheltenham, then at the Wimbledon School of Art and, finally, at the Royal College of Art. In 1977 he left Britain, moving to the German city of Wuppertal. In 1988, the author was awarded the Turner Prize, one of the most prestigious in Europe for contemporary art. Since 2009, the sculptor has been the rector of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts.
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