Tony Cragg's biomorphic sculptures exposed in the archaeological landscape of the Baths of Diocletian

The National Roman Museum has opened the British sculptor Tony Cragg’s solo exhibition at the Baths of Diocletian, titled Tony Cragg. Infinite Forme e bellissime curated by Stéphane Verger and Sergio Risaliti and organized by BAM – Eventi d’Arte in collaboration with Roma Capitale. The 18 works displayed within the archaeological spaces of this monumental complex represent the last twenty years of Cragg's artistic experimentation, during which he expanded the range of materials used in his sculptures, incorporating bronze, wood, travertine, fiberglass, and steel to create pieces that highlight the natural and biological essence of art.

Inspired by the wealth of forms and patterns found in the mineral and plant worlds, since the 2000s Tony Cragg has worked tirelessly on artworks that reflect his interest in the evolutionary structures and creative processes of the natural world: the biomorphic, dynamic, and sinuous sculptures included in Tony Cragg. Infinite Forme e bellissime serve as a representative example thereof. The exhibition's title, Infinite Forme e bellissime, is derived from Darwin’s famous phrase “endless forms most beautiful and wonderful”, aiming to evoke the artist’s enthusiasm for the expressive potential of the “architectures of life”, with which he has fostered a rich exchange of insights and images of great pedagogical value.

The exhibition, with the support of Roma Capitale and Municipio I Roma Centro, also extends to Piazza San Silvestro and Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina, where visitors will observe Cragg's sculptures in a visual and temporal conversation with the urban setting, which “offers an aesthetic experience that challenges traditional expectations and gains new meanings through the dialogue between the classical past and the contemporary present”.