Thursday, 20 September 2012

Martin Creed.

Martin Creed seems to particularly interest me lately with his styles of work because they are unique and different. He films people vomiting, switches lights on and off, sends runners racing around Tate Britain; former Turner prize-winning artist Martin Creed delights in rearranging the rules of art.

Martin Creed was born in 1968 in Wakefield, England. From the age of 3 he lived in Glasgow, Scotland. Between 1986 and 1990 he studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, London. After art school he lived and worked in London until 2001, when he moved to Alicudi, Italy. In 2001, he was the winner of the Turner Prize. He currently works and lives in London and Alicudi.

One of the most famous works by Martin Creed is The Light's Going On And Off, it has been donated to the nation by its creator. The exhibition is a room being illuminated by a flickering bulb every few seconds, and was awarded the Turner Prize in 2001.




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