Lisson Gallery 19th November 2025 - 31st January 2026
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Tony Cragg
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
I don't recall having been to the Lisson Gallery previously, it was somehow outside my orbit even though some of the Artists it has represented were known to me. Tony Cragg exhibited 'Britain seen from the North' at The Whitechapel Gallery in 1981 or soon after when I was working there, part time.
His subsequent career had remained a mystery to me so it was great to visit this exhibition and find an immediate positive recognition of his project.
His subsequent career had remained a mystery to me so it was great to visit this exhibition and find an immediate positive recognition of his project.
Tony Cragg
Stand, 2025
corten steel
120 x 42 x 69 cm
Stand, 2025
corten steel
120 x 42 x 69 cm
Tony Cragg
REM, 2025
stainless steel
220 x 52 x 99 cm
REM, 2025
stainless steel
220 x 52 x 99 cm
Tony Cragg
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
After an initial look around the spaces I started to capture images and was conscious of needing to do so in the round as the sculptures presented ever changing profiles. I began to recognise the internal and external faces and also the 'self supporting' curved structural elements.
These flowing continuous elements are quite fascinating and maybe point to the source of the compositions and their making.
These flowing continuous elements are quite fascinating and maybe point to the source of the compositions and their making.
Tony Cragg
Recall, 2025
aluminium
250 x 90 x 105 cm
Recall, 2025
aluminium
250 x 90 x 105 cm
Tony Cragg
All Shook Up, 2025
bronze
226 x 151 x 118 cm
All Shook Up, 2025
bronze
226 x 151 x 118 cm
Tony Cragg
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Tony Cragg
Recall, 2025
aluminium
250 x 90 x 105 cm
Recall, 2025
aluminium
250 x 90 x 105 cm
The wrapped elements lead the eye and define the open or closed nature of the sculptural space. I thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of the sculptures culminating in finding the closed elements in 'Cave' having seen a clue in 'Stand' which points to an enclosed structure rather than freestanding, almost calligraphic elements as in 'Incident (Vertical)'.
Tony Cragg
All Shook Up, 2025
bronze
226 x 151 x 118 cm
All Shook Up, 2025
bronze
226 x 151 x 118 cm
Tony Cragg
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Tony Cragg
Recall, 2025
aluminium
250 x 90 x 105 cm
Recall, 2025
aluminium
250 x 90 x 105 cm
Tony Cragg
Stand, 2024
bronze
160 x 57 x 70 cm
It was very interesting to see the highly polished mirror finish on the stainless steel pieces having recently having had to explain another artist's dislike of shiny surfaces. Here the total reflection maybe inverted the perception of the surface and provided an anchor, space wise. I am unsure about that and will look again. The soft surface texture of the core ten pieces is almost the complete opposite!
Stand, 2024
bronze
160 x 57 x 70 cm
It was very interesting to see the highly polished mirror finish on the stainless steel pieces having recently having had to explain another artist's dislike of shiny surfaces. Here the total reflection maybe inverted the perception of the surface and provided an anchor, space wise. I am unsure about that and will look again. The soft surface texture of the core ten pieces is almost the complete opposite!
Tony Cragg
Incident, 2025
stainless steel
230 x 73 x 71 cm
Incident, 2025
stainless steel
230 x 73 x 71 cm
Tony Cragg
Incident (Vertical), 2022
corten steel
230 x 84 x 94 cm
Incident (Vertical), 2022
corten steel
230 x 84 x 94 cm
Tony Cragg
Cave, 2025
bronze
177 x 109 x 66 cm
Cave, 2025
bronze
177 x 109 x 66 cm
Tony Cragg
Incident, 2023
stainless steel
185 x 84 x 87 cm
Incident, 2023
stainless steel
185 x 84 x 87 cm
Tony Cragg
Incident (Vertical), 2022
corten steel
230 x 84 x 94 cm
Incident (Vertical), 2022
corten steel
230 x 84 x 94 cm
Tony Cragg
Cave, 2025
bronze
177 x 109 x 66 cm
Cave, 2025
bronze
177 x 109 x 66 cm
Tony Cragg
Incident, 2023
stainless steel
185 x 84 x 87 cm
Incident, 2023
stainless steel
185 x 84 x 87 cm
Tony Cragg
Cave, 2025
bronze
177 x 109 x 66 cm
Cave, 2025
bronze
177 x 109 x 66 cm
Tony Cragg
Incident (Vertical), 2022
corten steel
230 x 84 x 94 cm
Incident (Vertical), 2022
corten steel
230 x 84 x 94 cm
Tony Cragg
Incident, 2023
stainless steel
185 x 84 x 87 cm
Incident, 2023
stainless steel
185 x 84 x 87 cm
I was extremely impressed by this exhibition and felt an affinity in the works to other artist masters in the sculptural world.
I made an early connection to the sculptures of David Smith and very much liked the very positive manipulation of the bronze, aluminium and steel in these sculptures even if I slightly dread the thought as to how they are practically fabricated.
I made an early connection to the sculptures of David Smith and very much liked the very positive manipulation of the bronze, aluminium and steel in these sculptures even if I slightly dread the thought as to how they are practically fabricated.
Tony Cragg
Stand, 2025
corten steel
120 x 42 x 69 cm
Stand, 2025
corten steel
120 x 42 x 69 cm
Tony Cragg
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
Path, 2025
corten steel
236 x 151 x 106 cm
I'll look forwards to presenting myself in front of that very large door in the not too distant future!