Tony Cragg

Description

Sinbad combines many features of Cragg's recent work. Whilst the piece incorporates Cragg's propensity to layer and slice, the 'rounds' from which it is comprised are also seperated by apertures which lend a lightness to this otherwise lumpen form through the use of negative space.

Sinuous, cylindrical and cleaved into segments, Sinbad is reminiscent of an engine part imbuing the piece with a distinctly functional and industrial quality. As with many of Cragg's bronzes, Sinbad has been treated with a matte paint finish giving the piece a patina akin the surface of cast iron.