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Work 1273
Presented by The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2012
abstraction
chance
colour
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
geometric
non-representational
order
sequence
symmetry
<p>This work is part of a portfolio of twelve prints by British artists that was commissioned by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to commemorate the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The contributing artists were Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rachel Whiteread. Creed, Hamilton, Hodgkin, Ofili, Riley and Whiteread were invited to create images for the Olympic Games while Banner, Craig-Martin, Emin, Hume, Morris and Smith created images for the Paralympic Games. The portfolio was produced in an edition of 150.</p>
paper print lithograph
26 January 2017 – 30 June 2017
2017-06-30
26 January 2017 – 30 June 2017
2017-06-30
2017-01-26
Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library (Preston, UK)
http://www.preston.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=126
2017-01-26
Martin Creed
Loan-out
5 November 2018 – 10 March 2019
2019-03-10
5 November 2018 – 10 March 2019
2019-03-10
2018-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2018-11-05
ARTIST ROOMS Martin Creed
Collection based display
Work No. 1273
image: 760 × 600 mm
Presented by The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2012
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<p>This work is part of a portfolio of twelve prints by British artists that was commissioned by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to commemorate the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The contributing artists were Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rachel Whiteread. Creed, Hamilton, Hodgkin, Ofili, Riley and Whiteread were invited to create images for the Olympic Games while Banner, Craig-Martin, Emin, Hume, Morris and Smith created images for the Paralympic Games. The portfolio was produced in an edition of 150.</p>
<p>In a visually saturated world, artists can be faced with seemingly endless possibilities and choices. In response Martin Creed imposes simple rules on his creativity. He might create a painting using only paintbrushes bought in a multi-pack, or make only one mark a day with the same felt-tip pen until the whole paper surface is covered. Repetition, stacks, and intervals are familiar motifs in his work, along with ascending and descending structures. For <i>Work No.1273</i>, Creed has made five single brush marks using a palette derived from the Olympic colours. The marks get progressively thicker from top to bottom and are arranged in an ascending form that seems to represent an extended podium offering places beyond first, second and third. Creed’s image can be seen as expressing his respect for the excellence of all competing Olympic sportsmen and women.</p>
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<b>Further reading</b>
<br/>Julia Beaumont-Jones, <i>A Century of Prints in Britain</i>, London 2017, pp.33–4, reproduced p.222.</p>
<p>Leyla Fakhr<br/>November 2011</p>
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abstraction chance colour emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities geometric non-representational order sequence symmetry