Born in Wakefield, England, 1968, studied at Slade School of Fine Art, London, England, 1986-1990, lives and works in London, England. In 2001 he was awarded the Turner Prize.
Ocula Conversation Bob Rennie By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong The works in the collection and in the 'Chaos' show reflect the actual reality of the world. I just felt that given what’s going on right now, we needed to do a show like this.
Ocula Conversation Martin Creed By Stephanie Bailey, London The first time I ever saw Martin Creed in person was at the epic Gavin Brown and Herald St party at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2014, at which Creed was the opening act for the amazing Yo Majesty and legendary 2 Live Crew. Creed’s performance was short, sweet and bitter: it consisted of the artist strumming a banjo and repeating the phrase...
Related Press From Broccoli to Toilet Paper: Martin Creed’s Accumulations Fill the Museum Voorlinden 5 June 2017, ARTnews Visitors to collector Joop van Caldenborgh's newly opened Museum Voorlinden near the Hague are immediately drawn to a pair of glass doors that open upon a room filled about halfway to the ceiling with multicolored balloons. On a recent day, museumgoers old and young queued up to make their way through the balloons to the exit door. Some laughed....
Related Press Interrogating Architecture 5 February 2017, Aesthetica Magazine There has long been a profound and complex relationship between sculpture and architecture, with many artists encountering or breaking down a boundary between the two disciplines. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, questions what we know and understand about design through [Re]construct, a group exhibition selected from the Arts Council...
Related Press The year in, and beyond, the galleries of New York: A relatively concise chronicle of highlights and a top 10 list 23 December 2016, ARTnews Not so long ago, it seemed that new galleries would keep sprouting up forever in New York, and that existing ones would keep on expanding. Over the past 12 months, though, some have closed. Growth has slowed, sales are down, and people are nervous, especially in the wake of the disastrous U.S. presidential election. But all of that was belied by...
Related Press Shanghai gold rush part one: West Bund Art & Design 29 November 2016, RanDian West Bund is in a remote bit of Xuhui, a long way away from the Waitan (the Bund). It was once devoted to heavy industry and even had an airport, but now it’s an 8 km-stretch of arts precinct and the former aircraft factory is an art fair pavilion. The leases though are only for 5 years and the condos are already encroaching. Only 5? Yes, but...
Related Video & Audio Here is the video for Martin Creed's 'Princess Taxi Girl Part 1' 17 July 2016, ARTNews Today, the video for Martin Creed’s Princess Taxi Girl Part 1 was released, off of the artist and musician’s newest album, Thoughts Lined Up, which came out last week on Telephone Records. Creed’s balloon-heavy exhibition The Back Door is currently on view at New York’s Park Avenue Armory through August 7.
