One of the most acclaimed sculptors of his generation, Tony Cragg's sculptures can largely be organized into groups according to the different materials from which they are made: stone, clay, bronze, glass, as well as synthetic materials like polystyrene, carbon- or glass-fiber. His sensitivity to the material is and has been the starting point for his work. Among a strong generation of sculptors who emerged from England in the last two decades, Tony Cragg has distinguished himself for widening the boundaries of sculpture through his early interest in science which informed his experimental approach, his agility with materials, and his reinvention of form. Cragg's recent body of work, from which Split Second comes, explores the effects of movement and volume. Within each sculpture, multiple axes exist, generating unexpected viewpoints through symmetry and asymmetry, resulting in contoured images and figures that are tangible but mysteriously revealed.

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