Michael Craig-Martin
Subtitle: Present Sense
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781912520152
Subjects: Art, irish; Art, modern, 20th century, exhibitions
Description: Born in Ireland, the artist Michael Craig-Martin studied in America. On returning to the UK, he became a key figure in British conceptual art and an influential educator, linked in particular to the YBAs including Damien Hirst and Gary Hume.0Craig-Martin's works transform recognisable objects - such as sneakers, headphones, watches and, most recently, Modernist buildings - with bold colour and simplified lines. He cites his 'rationalism' as the root of his practice.0Craig-Martin is the latest subject of a three-year curatorial partnership between The Gallery at Windsor, Florida, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, initiated to celebrate the Academy's 250th anniversary. This lively book reproduces a selection of his paintings, prints and sculptures, with an insightful essay by the art critic Ben Luke and an interview between Tim Marlow and the artist.00Exhibition: Gallery at Windsor, Florida, US (26.01.-26.04.2019).