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Work No. 975 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT
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Work No. 975 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT 2008

On Display Modern One

  • Scottish Art
`Work No. 975 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT? is one of Martin Creed?s most iconic works. It characterises his desire to communicate and interact with the viewer ? to create a reaction and stir an emotion. For Creed, experience is fundamental to understanding his work and he asserts that his art is ?50% about what I make and 50% about what other people make of it.? His work is often playful and minimalist and `Work No. 975 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT?, blazoned across the Gallery?s frieze, operates in a similar vein. Visually spectacular in its neon audacity, the work, however, encourages a more contemplative response. Although it is at first an overtly familiar and reassuring phrase, it plays on our personal insecurities and gently suggests that everything might not be alright.

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Minimalism

An art movement of the 1960s onwards, primarily in sculpture. It was in part a reaction against the flamboyance of Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism. It is characterised by a lack of expressiveness and the use of simple forms, often in repetition.

Minimalism

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  • Acc. No. GMA 5181
  • Medium Blue neon
  • Size 62.50 x 1541.60 cm
  • Credit Presented by the artist 2012 (fabrication costs courtesy the Iain Paul Fund)

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