Tony Cragg, Level Surface, 2025
Tony Cragg: Times
In cooperation with the Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery
The exhibition will be closed on 25 and 26 July due to a state visit!
The DomQuartier presents the first exhibition of contemporary sculpture in the state‑rooms of the Salzburg Residenz. The new works by British artist and Turner prize-winner Tony Cragg wereconceived specially for these historic rooms, and inspired by the magnificent décor of the former archiepiscopal palace complex. In part, Cragg’s works echo specific motifs of the state-rooms, such as the curved legs of a Biedermeier table, revealing the artist’s unwavering interest in exploring materiality and structure. The works in the exhibition range from filigree glass sculptures to massive organic stone forms, the respective material influencing the formal language of the sculptures. The meticulous craftsmanship and palpable energy of the works is astounding, and their fascinating, spatiality lends fresh force to the perception of these historic rooms.
© DQS/Huber
Tony Cragg and Andrea Stockhammer
“Exhibiting contemporary sculptures in rooms of such arthistorical importance creates a special kind of dynamic. While not actually calling into question the existing symmetries and structures of these prestigious rooms, the sculptures occupy them in a completely new way. It is a privilege to be given the opportunity of making an intervention in the historic equilibrium of the state-rooms. Every alteration in material form has precise and immediate effects on our thinking, our emotions and actions, and thus also on the future. Ultimately, all art is concerned with the form and nature of the human being.” – Tony Cragg
