Michael Craig-Martin

°1941, Dublin (IR) – lives and works in London (UK)

A principal figure of British conceptual art, Sir Michael Craig-Martin probes the relationship between objects and images, harnessing the human capacity to imagine absent forms through symbols and pictures. The perceptual tension between object, representation, and language has been his central concern over the past four decades.

In his early work, Craig-Martin often incorporated readymades into sculpture and made knowing references to American Minimalism. His elegant restraint and conceptual clarity are exemplified by An Oak Tree (1973), comprising a glass of water on a shelf and a text written by him asserting that the glass of water is, in fact, an oak tree. This interest in semantics, the play between rhetoric and object, continues to be a core theme in his work.

In the 1990s, Craig-Martin made a decisive shift to painting and developed his hallmark style of precise, bold outlines demarcating flat planes of intensely vibrant colours. Through exacting draughtsmanship, he uses composition to explore spatial relationships by juxtaposing and layering colour.

(courtesy of Gagosian)

 

Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Craig-Martin (Photo by Eamonn McCabe)

Craig-Martin’s work has been featured by solo museum exhibitions worldwide, including Kunstverein Hannover; Institut Valencià d’Art Modern; Museum of Modern Art – Berardo Collection, Lisbon; IMMA, Dublin; Kunsthaus Bregenz and Serpentine Gallery, London. Craig-Martin’s work is featured in various public collections, including the MoMA, New York; Tate, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.

Craig-Martin was an Artist Trustee of Tate from 1989 to 1999 and was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006. In 2016 he was knighted in the Queens Birthday Honours for his services to art.

Michael Craig-Martin is represented by the following galleries;
click through to discover more of her work.

Gagosian, New York / London / Paris / Hong Kong / …

Alan Cristea Gallery, London

You can also discover plenty more about Michael Craig-Martin’s work on his own website.

works by Michael Craig-Martin

Michael Craig-Martin - Baseball Cap - 2019
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite I - Sofa - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite I - Sofa

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Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite I - Shirt - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite I - Shirt

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite I - iPhone - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite I - iPhone

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite I - Corkscrew - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite I - Corkscrew

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite I - Padlock - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite I - Padlock

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite I - Soup Can - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite I - Soup Can

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite II - Sofa - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite II - Sofa

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite II - Shirt - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite II - Shirt

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite II - Padlock - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite II - Padlock

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite II - iPhone - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite II - iPhone

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite II - Corkscrew - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite II - Corkscrew

908,00
Michael Craig-Martin - The Catalan Suite II - Soup Can - 2013

Michael Craig-Martin

The Catalan Suite II - Soup Can

908,00

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