Tony Cragg: Manipulation 1

Tony Cragg created a series of three etchings exclusively for Yorkshire Sculpture Park to mark the occasion of his 2017 exhibition; A Rare Category of Objects. The etchings belong to the group of sculptures; Manipulations (2006) and the Branching Line (1990) and present a rare opportunity to own this artists work.

A ‘radical materialist’, Cragg defines sculpture as a ‘rare category of objects’, and takes a taxonomic approach to his own practice, something which was reflected in the exhibition. The wit and will to analyse the properties of all of the planet’s resources and use them to make new things is unique to human beings, along with the intuition to sort, order and categorise the things that exist and that we bring into existence.

"This dizzyingly innovative exhibition makes the perfect centrepiece for YSP's 40th anniversary celebrations" - The Daily Telegraph

The catalogue for this exhibition is available here as well as a smaller exhibition guide here.

- Cold Needle Etching on Spit Bite Ground
- Edition of 30
- Paper size: 59 x51 cm
- Image size: 39 x35 cm
- Paper type: Hanhnemuhle 350gsm
- Printer: Atelier Larsen, Sweden