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Born 1968 Wakefield, England. Known for: Installation artist, light-themes.
Martin Creed is a British artist and musician. Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied art at the Slade School of Art* at University College... Read full biography
Martin Creed is a British artist and musician. Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied art at the Slade School of Art* at University College London from 1986 to 1990. Since 1987, Creed has numbered each of his works, and most of his titles are... Read full biography
Martin Creed is a British artist and musician. Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied art at the Slade School of Art* at University College London from 1986 to 1990. Since 1987, Creed has numbered each of his works, and most of his titles are deadpan and descriptive. Work No. 79: some Blu-tack kneaded, rolled into a ball and depressed against a wall (1993), for example, is just what it sounds like, as is Work No. 88, a sheet of A4 paper... Read full biography
Martin Creed is a British artist and musician. Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied art at the Slade School of Art* at University College London from 1986 to 1990. Since 1987, Creed has numbered each of his works, and most of his titles are deadpan and descriptive. Work No. 79: some Blu-tack kneaded, rolled into a ball and depressed against a wall (1993), for example, is just what it sounds like, as is Work No. 88, a sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball (1994). One of Creed's best known works is Work No. 200, half the air in a given space (1998), which is a room half-filled with balloons. Creed's Work No 850 is an athlete running through the Tate Britain gallery. In 1996, Richard... Read full biography
Martin Creed is a British artist and musician. Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied art at the Slade School of Art* at University College London from 1986 to 1990. Since 1987, Creed has numbered each of his works, and most of his titles are deadpan and descriptive. Work No. 79: some Blu-tack kneaded, rolled into a ball and depressed against a wall (1993), for example, is just what it sounds like, as is Work No. 88, a sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball (1994). One of Creed's best known works is Work No. 200, half the air in a given space (1998), which is a room half-filled with balloons. Creed's Work No 850 is an athlete running through the Tate Britain gallery. In 1996, Richard Long and Roger Ackling selected Creed to exhibit at EASTinternational. Creed is perhaps bes... Read full biography
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Martin Creed is a British artist and musician.
Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied art at the Slade School of Art* at University College London from 1986 to 1990.
Since 1987, Creed has numbered each of his works, and most of his titles are deadpan and descriptive. Work No. 79: some Blu-tack kneaded, rolled into a ball and depressed against a wall (1993), for example, is just what it sounds like, as is Work No. 88, a sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball (1994). One of Creed's best known works is Work No. 200, half the air in a given space (1998), which is a room half-filled with balloons. Creed's Work No 850 is an athlete running throug...But wait, there's more...
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