Representative work by Martin Creed
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Martin Creed

b. 1968, Wakefield, England · British · Based in London, UK

  • Slade School of Fine Art, London
  • Conceptual Sculpture
  • Turner Prize Winner
  • Musical Composition
  • Neon

Martin Creed creates works from simple actions and materials: lights switching on and off, doors opening, balloons filling a room, runners crossing a gallery. Numbered sequentially, the works test how little an artwork might need in order to change a space.

Installation; sculpture; music; performance

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Major Works

  • 2000Work No. 227: The lights going on and off
  • 1998Work No. 200: Half the air in a given space
  • 1995Work No. 88: A sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball
  • 2008Work No. 850
  • 2012Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes
  • 2004Work No. 360: Half the air in a given space
  • 2011Work No. 1092: MOTHERS
  • 2000Work No. 232: The whole world + the work = the whole world
  • 2003Work No. 293: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball
  • 2009Work No. 1020: Ballet

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