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Tony Cragg at Belvedere, ViennaTony Cragg versus F.X. Messerschmidt juxtaposes the work of two major artists Tony Cragg and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 - 1783). Messerschmidt is considered one of the most remarkable sculptors of the 18th century largely due to the modernity and expressive radicalism of his studies of the human gesture. Tony Cragg, born in Liverpool in 1949, numbers among the most interesting contemporary sculptors working today. The Belvedere presents predominantly those works in which the artist starts out from humanoid forms and various silhouettes of faces in profile, which he defaces in order to make them unrecognisable. By presenting the works in contrast, Curator Jon Wood implores us to view the artists work from a new perspective which he intends will raise new issues of debate. On now until 25 May 2008 .
