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
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title:Work No. 944
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date created:2008
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materials:21 works on paper, ink
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measurements:29.70 x 21.00 cm
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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
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accession number:AR01148
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Martin Creed
Martin Creed
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