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Martin Creed at Tate Britain
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Seven years after his controversial Work No. 227: The lights going on and off, which consisted of just that, in an empty gallery at Tate Britain (and which contributed to him winning the Turner Prize), British artist Martin Creed returns to his crucible with Work No. 850. Every 30 seconds from now until November, a single runner will sprint the length of the empty Duveen Galleries. Creed, whose practice typically involves raw physicality, pseudo-autistic repetition, and the slightest alterations to materials and spaces, says Work No. 850 is about exhibiting life lived fully, and the comfort of regularity. Skye Sherwin, deputy editor of ArtReview magazine, caught up with Creed on the opening day of the exhibition.
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Comment by Birgit Deubner on 7 July 2008 at 1:18am - no running allowed in the gallery...
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Comment by notthedroids on 8 July 2008 at 3:24am -
@dawn, your dislike for physical activity is evident in more ways than one.
"So many artists work that should be in these places."
If these artists are producing work that people actually want to see, it should be no problem for them to find a location.
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Comment by Josh Peters on 8 July 2008 at 5:04pm
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What "artists" forget often are how to translate pure moments of imagination into an artistic expression. If Mr. Creed's mind functions as I believe so many others to do, inspiration gave him this idea and it's left for the viewer to decide how to be fascinated by it. We as people forget the beauty of motion, of breathing, of the ability to gain knowledge from our senses. Work like this extracts part of the context by which you've formally known the subject matter to exist and focuses on the raw energy and act itself. It could be a play on the death of a fit society as well.
That's why it's art. It's alright to be skeptical, but @dawn repainting a painting of a self portrait by Van Gogh, is not what i'd call original or brilliant.
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Comment by lemeur on 8 July 2008 at 6:54pm
- next clip of killy minogues will sure be more interesting.This is close to zero...
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Comment by Baldovin on 8 July 2008 at 6:55pm -
Oh, how I like to see ordinary life in big, powerful and classical buildings institutions. They are somehow supposed to be some kind of temples and people pray in front of. Oh how I like to see they are objects to serve people but not fetish objects.
@ dawn hilton
From early Dadaism (beginning of 20-th century) it is a trend in art that humanize, “minimalise”, and present art as simple as life. If you wanna laugh about real life and hope to reach some kind of transcendental ontological reality is your choice. As for me I believe this is a lie and do everything to clear the remnants of classical and primitive institutions in contemporaneous society. I think that is the “bullshite” and the idea that art should bring fun, amaze, and amuse. Maybe all those people that want to be told nice and happy end stories have a lot of compromises in their life so they just want to escape this in a childish way instead of doing something and make their life acceptable
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Comment by Chris Johnson on 8 July 2008 at 7:13pm
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" Work No. 850 is about exhibiting life lived fully, and the comfort of regularity."
Regularity can be achieved by having the proper amount of fiber in one's diet, with much the same result...........
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Comment by nino cais on 8 July 2008 at 9:11pm - lost
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Comment by ivana petan on 9 July 2008 at 7:44am - what i like with the work no. 850 is that the work itself says nothing specifically but with strangeness and repetition offers the the passive viewers and active runners the chance to reflect upon the meanings of the "moving exhibition". it is great to see how everyday activities can look quite strange in unusual surroundings and offer the possibility to change (often unconscious) fixed view on the human ways one has. and that no answers and disclosures are served on the plate for fast food consuming... as i see it, that is what art should be for.
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Comment by Roman Schatz on 9 July 2008 at 7:58am - Oh it's brilliant ... it has movement ... colour ... repetition ... sound ... and it makes you think about the meaning of art. I like Creed's work ... a lot ... 5 stars!!!
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