Michael Craig-Martin: Present Sense

About this book

Upon returning to the UK after studying in the US the Irish-born artist Michael Craig-Martin (born 1941) became a key figure in British conceptual art and an influential educator linked in particular to the generation of Young British Artists including Damien Hirst and Gary Hume. Craig-Martins works transform recognizable objectssuch as sneakers headphones watches and most recently modernist buildingswith bold color and simplified lines. He cites his "rationalism" as the root of his art. Craig-Martin is the latest subject of a three-year curatorial partnership between the Windsor Gallery Florida and the Royal Academy of Arts London initiated to celebrate the latters 250th anniversary. This lively book reproduces a selection of his paintings prints and sculptures with an essay by the art critic Ben Luke and an exclusive interview between Tim Marlow and the artist.