Sir Michael Craig-Martin CBE RA (b. 1941) is an important figure in British conceptual art, and among the most influential artists and teachers of his generation. Since his rise to prominence in the late 1960s he has moved between sculpture, installation, painting, drawing and print, creating works that fuse elements of pop, minimalism and conceptual art. His work transforms everyday objects – from buckets and ladders to trainers, mobile phones and laptops – with bold colours and simple, uninflected lines. Renowned as an art educator, he has inspired generations of artists, including the YBAs. This handsome book, the catalogue of the largest exhibition of Craig-Martin’s work to have been mounted in the UK, contains thought-provoking texts by the critics Michael Bracewell and Richard Cork, and an illuminating conversation between the artist and the writer Carolina Grau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Accompanies a major exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, September 21 to December 10, 2024. Sir Michael Craig-Martin (b. 1941) is an important figure in British conceptual art. This is a catalogue of the largest exhibition of his work ever mounted in the UK.
President’s foreword 6
\nLead supporter’s preface 8
\nAcknowledgements 11
\nSubstitute: An introduction to the art of 12
\nMichael Craig-Martin
\nMichael Bracewell
\nA challenging and defiant metamorphosis 24
\nRichard Cork
\nThe language of images:
\nMichael Craig-Martin in conversation with
\nCarolina Grau, with contributions by
\ndistinguished guests 28
\nCatalogue plates 40
\nwith section introductions by Axel Rüger
\n1 Early sculptural and conceptual works 40
\n2 Neon works and Painting and Picturing 60
\n3 Wall drawings, wall sculptures 68
\n4 Early paintings on canvas 88
\n5 Word paintings 102
\n6 Paintings of single objects 114
\n7 Reinterpretations of Old Master paintings, 126
\nArt and Design
\n8 Later paintings 138
\n9 Wall installations 154
\n10 Digital works 158
\n11 Later sculpture 166
\nChronology 172
\nSylvie Broussine
\nEndnotes 182
\nFurther reading 184
\nPhotographic acknowledgements 186
\nLenders to the exhibition 186
\nIndex 187<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52491,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51328","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-carolina-grau","8":"author-by-author-michael-bracewell","9":"author-by-author-richard-cork","10":"publisher-royal-academy-of-arts","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n