Wednesday, 23 October 2013


I'm Alive by Tony Cragg.

Tony Cragg is one of the leading british sculptors of our time. His piece 'I'm Alive' has cought my attention due to its serpent shape and high reflectivity giving it a very fluid effect. Being familiar with Tony Craggs history helped me with my understanding of this piece. Knowing that Cragg worked as a technician in biochemistry laboratory makes it clearer how his scientific and technological background possibly influenced his work. As we can see his piece is dealing with a continuous flux in which all matter exists. Just like it is in the biochemistry. This happens in this piece if we follow the serpent shape from start to finish we then follow the distorted reflections on the surface of the piece. The continuous flux in which all matter exists together as I said earlier. What this piece represent is self explenatory from its tittle 'I'm Alive' and his scientific background. In another words, it represents a sperm cell made from stainless steel.

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