A landmark retrospective for the influential contemporary artist
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Since coming to prominence in London in the late 1960s, Sir Michael Craig-Martin has moved between sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, prints and digital works to create a vibrant oeuvre fusing elements of pop, minimalism and conceptual art. The many facets of the artist’s 60-year career, including his stellar reputation as a teacher, will be explored in “Michael Craig-Martin” at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Featuring a dramatic site-specific installation, a group of monumental sculptures and new immersive digital work by the Irish-born artist, this will be the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Craig-Martin’s work to be held in the UK. Also on display will be the artist’s landmark conceptual work “An Oak Tree” (1973), alongside his large-scale, vivid color paintings of everyday objects, from corkscrews and umbrellas to laptops and smartphones.
Craig-Martin’s ability to distill objects to their essence, while exploring the complex dynamics of consumer culture and technological innovation, has made him one of the most influential artists of his generation.
Michael Craig-Martin, “Common History: Conference,” 1999. Gagosian, London. © Michael Craig-Martin. Courtesy of Gagosian
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