Work No.1273
Poster
2012 (printed and published)
2012 (printed and published)
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Martin Creed imposes simple rules on his creativity. He might create a painting using only paintbrushes bought in a multipack or make only one mark a day using the same felt tip pen until the whole paper surface is covered. Repetition, stacks and intervals are familiar motifs in his work, along with ascending and descending structures. For work No. 1273, Creed has made five single brush marks using a palette derived from the Olympic colours. The marks are arranged in an ascending format that seems to represent an extended podium offering places beyond first, second and third.
Object details
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| Title | Work No.1273 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Work No.1273', poster by Martin Creed for London 2012 Olympic Games; UK, 2012 |
| Physical description | poster, depicting a 5 tiered podium, the steps are green, yellow, black, pink and blue |
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| Credit line | Given by LOCOG and Counter Editions |
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| Summary | Martin Creed imposes simple rules on his creativity. He might create a painting using only paintbrushes bought in a multipack or make only one mark a day using the same felt tip pen until the whole paper surface is covered. Repetition, stacks and intervals are familiar motifs in his work, along with ascending and descending structures. For work No. 1273, Creed has made five single brush marks using a palette derived from the Olympic colours. The marks are arranged in an ascending format that seems to represent an extended podium offering places beyond first, second and third. |
| Bibliographic reference | Timmers, Margaret, A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A: 2008)
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| Accession number | E.262-2012 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2012 |
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