Martin Creed

Work No. 944

About this artwork

Work No. 944 comprises twenty-one individually framed sheets of A4 paper displayed alongside each other in a long row. Each sheet of paper has been entirely covered in a single colour by one of a set of twenty-one felt-tip pens of the sort that children are often given in clear plastic wallets. Creed has said: 'I find that it’s difficult to choose, to decide that one thing’s more important than the other ... So what I try and do is to choose without having to make decisions'. For Creed this involves keeping a range of options available. By using every felt-tip pen in a set of twenty-one, Creed is saved from having to make a decision about which colour to privilege.

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  • artist:
    Martin Creed (born 1968) Scottish
  • title:
    Work No. 944
  • date created:
    2008
  • materials:
    21 works on paper, ink
  • measurements:
    29.70 x 21.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    ARTIST ROOMS Presented by the artist jointly to National Galleries of Scotland and Tate and acquired with assistance of the ARTIST ROOM Fund, supported by the Henry Moore Foundation 2011
  • accession number:
    AR01148
  • gallery:
This artwork is part of Artist Rooms
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Martin Creed

Martin Creed