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Martin Creed : ARTIST ROOMS On Tour Free

13 Jun – 20 Sep 2014

Exhibition

Quay Arts

Sea Street
Newport Harbour
Isle of Wight
PO30 5BD

01983 822490

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Martin Creed : ARTIST ROOMS On Tour Free

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Creed web image work no 890 dont worry

Friday 13th June - Saturday 20th September 2014, The West Gallery, Quay Arts. Gallery open 10am - 4pm Mon - Sat.

This summer, Quay Arts invites visitors to explore work by Turner Prize winning artist and musician Martin Creed. The exhibition will show eight signature pieces by Creed, who won the Turner Prize in 2001 for his controversial Work No.227 The lights going on and off. Creed’s work often surprises and challenges us on the nature of contemporary art and twists our expectations with humour, repetition and, often, impulsive works. He is renowned for his straightforward approach to making art, often using simple materials to create sculptures, installations, drawings, films, music and text.

The works on display are taken from ARTIST ROOMS, an inspirational collection of modern and contemporary art acquired for the nation by Tate and The National Galleries of Scotland through the generosity of Anthony d'Offay with additional support from funders, including the Art Fund. The ARTIST ROOMS tour programme, now in its sixth year, is showing at 18 museums and galleries across the UK in 2014. The tour is made possible thanks to the support of Arts Council England and the Art Fund.

Through Quay Arts’ involvement in the internationally renowned IW Music Festival, Creed’s work will have the opportunity to touch new audiences through his music as well as his visual art.

Quay Arts have also been able to borrow a wall painting, Work No. 1340 from the artist and Hauser & Wirth, which has been created in the gallery by Young Quay based on a detailed set of instructions written by Martin which form the work. Young Quay are Quay Arts’ youth group (ages 14-17) who have been working closely with Quay Arts’ Visual Arts Team to explore and investigate Creed’s work, as well as having the opportunity to visit Creed’s recent retrospective at the Hayward Gallery on London’s South Bank earlier this year.

To find out more information about ARTIST ROOMS On Tour please visit www.artfund.org/artistrooms. To see the full ARTIST ROOMS collection please visit www.tate.org.uk/artistrooms and www.nationalgalleries.org/artistrooms

All related events and activities are on the Visual Arts section on the Quay Arts website.

Image: Work No. 890: DON'T WORRY 2008 Yellow Neon, 20 inches / 50.8cm high ARTIST ROOMS Installation at Hauser & Wirth, London, 2009. Photo: Mike Bruce. Presented by the artist jointly to National Galleries of Scotland and Tate and acquired with assistance of the ARTIST ROOMS Endowment, supported by the Henry Moore Foundation and Tate Members



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