Piano and Metronome

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Since the 1970s, Michael Craig-Martin has created much of his work using the same palette of fourteen vivid colours. He also uses a limited repertoire of symbols so, for example, the metronome in this work is also featured in his paintings Knowing (1996) in the Tate Collection and Inhale (Yellow) (2003) at Manchester Art Gallery. The images used are intended to be emblematic of the 'essence' of that particular article, however, their meaning alters as they are viewed within new contexts. Craig-Martin initially uses a computer to work out the composition of a work, experimenting with the size, position and colour of each component.

Michael Craig-Martin was born in Dublin, but moved to the United States as a child, returning to Britain in 1966. His first solo exhibition was at the Rowan Gallery in London in 1969. Since then he has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, around the world. He has also taught at Goldmiths College, London, since the early 1970s and Damien Hirst, Gary Hume and Sarah Lucas are among his former students.

A hugely influential figure in the art world, Michael Craig-Martin was born in Dublin, grew up in the United States, and has lived in Britain since 1966. Major retrospectives of his work have been held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1989), the Serpentine Gallery (2015), and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2016). His exhibitions have included large-scale wall drawings in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and wall paintings at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He is widely acknowledged for his influence as a teacher at Goldsmiths’ College in London, where he taught from the early 1970s and remains Professor Emeritus of Fine Art. Young British Artists’ Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas number among his former pupils. Craig-Martin was a Trustee of the Tate between 1989-1999 and was made a CBE in 2001.

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Subjects

piano, metronome

Materials & Techniques

screenprint

Artist

Michael Craig-Martin (1941 - )

Title

Piano and Metronome

Edition

XX/XXV

Date

1997

Medium

Screenprint

Dimensions

height: 88.70 cm, width: 45.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Alan Cristea Gallery, June 1998

Inscription

bl: XX/XXV br: Michael Craig Martin '97

Provenance

Alan Cristea Gallery, London

GAC number

17328