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Martin CreedBorn: 1968Nationality: BritishPublisher: Novello & CoPhoto © Gautier Deblonde
Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England, in 1968, and from 198690 attendedthe Slade School of Art in London. In 1993 his Work No. 81, 'a one inch cube ofmasking tape in the middle of every wall in a building' was installed in the offices ofthe London firm, Starkmann Ltd, and since then Creed has had numerous soloexhibitions and projects around the world. He lives and works in London.
Words and music have always been an integral part of Creed's practice. From theartist’s point of view ‘talks are works and words are work’. Creed has often combinedart, talking, choreography and music played with his band. The simplicity of the musicdemonstrates a simple but intellectual approach to creating music/artwork. Using fewnotes and words Creed delivers compelling messages in tracks such as Words,Thinking / Not thinking and Fuck off.
Calvin Klein commissioned Creed to write Work No. 673 for an installation involvingall the company's Spring 2008 collections. Creed’s orchestra was seated one behindanother on a long, narrow stage running down the length of the space. Later in 2008Creed wrote a four minute piece, Work No. 955 for the City of Birmingham SymphonyOrchestra as a companion piece to a solo exhibition in Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery. InAugust 2008 Work No. 850 Creed’s sculptural installation consisting of a runnersprinting the 86metre length of Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries every 30 secondslaunched the Cultural Olympiad, London 2012's vision to infiltrate art into the games.
The following year Work No. 955 was repeated in a concert given in Japan alongsidethe newly commissioned Work No 994 for the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra.Always curious to combine forms of art Creed turned to dance for his Work No. 1020. Premièred in October 2009 jointlycommissioned by Sadler’s Wells and Freize Art Fair, it is a brand new work in which Creed has choreographed a piece for fiveclassically trained dancers. The work also includes some of Creed’s short films and original compositions performed by hisown band. Based around the five positions in ballet and the notes of the musical scale, the piece speaks eloquently to theincremental impulses at play in Creed's work. Work No 1020 was revived on the main stage at Sadler’s Wells in June 2011.
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