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Bold, graphic style, a vibrant colour palette and focus on everyday objects — these features aptly describe the work of ...
“Michael Craig-Martin” imitates the shock of color found in such pieces, with gallery walls pilfering the lurid palette of paintings like Cassette (2002) and Zoom 2 (2024).
I t seems apt that on the day in July on which I go to Sir Michael Craig-Martin’s studio near Old Street, in north-ish, central-ish London, the big talk of the day is about an umbrella.OK, it ...
Yet, this is how it goes with Irish-born Craig-Martin, who still, at 83, considers himself a chronicler of modern life. After a spell as a riddling conceptualist, he started, in the 1970s ...
Now 83, the Irish-born artist Michael Craig-Martin has waited a long time for this "career-spanning retrospective" at the Royal Academy, said Nancy Durrant in the London Evening Standard. Craig ...
Michael Craig-Martin looks out from his 21st-storey apartment in the Barbican, the immense London sprawl spread out before him. The urbane Irish-American artist has played many roles since ...
Photos from the grounds at Chatsworth, where Craig-Martin supervises the installation of twelve heavy, steel 'line drawing' sculptures including vibrant umbrellas, huge garden implements and a ...
Sir Michael Craig-Martin is one of the most influential artists of his generation - but he says he's had "terrible things" said about the work he's now famous for. The 83-year-old's long career is ...
But that’s to jump ahead. First, we go right back to the beginning, to when Craig-Martin was making technical-looking drawings on isometric graph paper, and made austere-looking sculptures from ...
Now 83, the Irish-born artist Michael Craig-Martin has waited a long time for this "career-spanning retrospective" at the Royal Academy, said Nancy Durrant in the London Evening Standard.