Full Description
Sir Michael Craig-Martin CBE RA (b. 1941) is an important figure in British conceptual art, and among the most influential artists and teachers of his generation. Since his rise to prominence in the late 1960s he has moved between sculpture, installation, painting, drawing and print, creating works that fuse elements of pop, minimalism and conceptual art. His work transforms everyday objects - from buckets and ladders to trainers, mobile phones and laptops - with bold colours and simple, uninflected lines. Renowned as an art educator, he has inspired generations of artists, including the YBAs. This handsome book, the catalogue of the largest exhibition of Craig-Martin's work to have been mounted in the UK, contains thought-provoking texts by the critics Michael Bracewell and Richard Cork, and an illuminating conversation between the artist and the writer Carolina Grau.
Contents
President's foreword 6
Lead supporter's preface 8
Acknowledgements 11
Substitute: An introduction to the art of 12
Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Bracewell
A challenging and defiant metamorphosis 24
Richard Cork
The language of images:
Michael Craig-Martin in conversation with
Carolina Grau, with contributions by
distinguished guests 28
Catalogue plates 40
with section introductions by Axel Rüger
1 Early sculptural and conceptual works 40
2 Neon works and Painting and Picturing 60
3 Wall drawings, wall sculptures 68
4 Early paintings on canvas 88
5 Word paintings 102
6 Paintings of single objects 114
7 Reinterpretations of Old Master paintings, 126
Art and Design
8 Later paintings 138
9 Wall installations 154
10 Digital works 158
11 Later sculpture 166
Chronology 172
Sylvie Broussine
Endnotes 182
Further reading 184
Photographic acknowledgements 186
Lenders to the exhibition 186
Index 187
