Jan 29, 2014 ... texts also by Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries and Darian Leader, who provide
valuable interpretations.… It's an insightful collection'.
Advance Information Martin Creed: Works Foreword by Martin Creed Interview by Tom Eccles New in paperback Martin Creed: Works presents the first comprehensive survey of the work and career of Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed. Renowned for his straightforward approach to making art and his deft economy of means, Creed has produced sculptures, installations, drawings, films, performances, music and text, each of which has found its inspiration in the objects and activities of everyday life. This extensive volume documents more than 700 works produced over twenty years, selected by the artist himself. Always in search of the essential nature of things, Creed uses the simplest materials to create a world in which reality appears transformed by conceptual rules, as well as by the unexpected breaking of those rules. His work is simultaneously subtle and spectacular, austere and playful – whether it be a sheet of paper crumpled into a ball, a protrusion from the wall, a door opening and closing, the lights going on and off, or a soundtrack inside a moving lift. The book features a foreword by the artist and accompanying texts by Germaine Greer, Darian Leader, Colm Tóibín and others, supplemented by an exhibition history, bibliography and biography.
Provisional Publication January 2014
Extent 624pp Size 26.0 x 18.8cm Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout Binding Paperback
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• New in paperback, the definitive publication on one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists, published to coincide with the major exhibition showing at the Hayward Gallery, London, from 29 January to 27 April 2014.
Price £29.95 ISBN 978 0 500 290811
• ‘You want to read it, explore the works, and form your opinion – Creed wants you to do that, he’s not telling, he’s offering … With texts also by Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries and Darian Leader, who provide valuable interpretations.… It’s an insightful collection’ – Aesthetica • Features hundreds of Creed’s works, organized in chronological order – the most comprehensive survey to date. • Texts by a series of outstanding writers, including Germaine Greer, Colm Tóibín, Massimiliano Gioni, Barry Humphries, Tess Jaray, John O’Reilly and Darian Leader. Author
Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, in 1968 and grew up in Glasgow. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for his Work No. 227: The lights going on and off.
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