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Copyright the artist | | | Craig-Martin, Michael (1941 - ) Northern Ireland
Looking, 1996
Acrylic on canvas; 243.8 x 365.8 cm 90's
UID 102-142
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Biography
Born in Dublin. Studied at Yale University School of Art and Architecture in the early 1960s, but has spent most of his working life in Great Britain. From 1974 to 1988, he taught at Goldsmiths' College, London. In 1989 a major retrospective of his work was held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. In 1995 he curated Drawing the Line an exhibition of drawings from pre-history to the present day. In 1998 he represented Great Britain at the XXIV Sao Paulo Biennale in Brazil. Most recently he has created major installations at the Kunstverein Hannover (1998) and at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart (1999). In 1999 he created a site specific wall painting covering all the walls on the ground floor of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as the introduction to the first part of the museum's millenium exhibition "Modern Starts" curated by John Elderfield. He did site specific wall paintings for the exhibition "New British Art 2000: Intelligence" at the Tate Britain, in the IVAM in Valencia, Spain, and in the Sintra Museum of Modern Art. The Berardo Collection, in 2001.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection - A Voyage through the 20th Century Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 04-12-2004 ~ 30-04-2005
A Look at The Berardo Collection Museu de José Malhoa, Portugal 23-07-2001 ~ 26-10-2001
Michael Craig-Martin Innocence and Experience Waddington Galleries, United Kingdom 12-02-1997 ~ 08-03-1997
Michael Craig-Martin Site Specific Wall Paintings Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 10-11-2001 ~ 31-03-2002
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
A Look at The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-06-2000 ~ 30-09-2000
Bibliography
Michael Craig-Martin Innocence and Experience, 1997 Published by Waddington Galleries
Michael Craig-Martin Site Specific Wall Paintings, 2001 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742855
A Look at The Berardo Collection, 2000 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742839
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