Willow 70

Tony Cragg is a British sculptor known for his exploration of unconventional materials. With his use of plastic, fiberglass, bronze, Kevlar, and other materials, Cragg has set himself apart from his contemporaries such as Richard Wentworth, Richard Deacon, and Antony Gormley. Characterized by their rippled figurative structures, Craggs’ sculptures embody a paused dynamism as halted mid-movement, resulting in swirling abstractions. Born Anthony Douglas Cragg on April 9, 1949 in Liverpool, England, Cragg moved to Wuppertal, Germany in the 1970s, where he currently lives and works. An instructor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Cragg was awarded the Turner Prize in 1988 and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2002.