I Can't Move - Music

Martin Creed Born 1968 Is A British Artist And Musician. He Won The Turner Prize In 2001 For Work "No. 227 The Lights Going On And Off" Which Was An Empty Room In Which The Lights Went On And Off. Martin Creed Was Born In Wakefield And Brought Up In Glasgow. He Studied Art At The Slade School Of Art In University College London From 1986 To 1990. Since 1987 Creed Has Numbered Each Of His Works And Most Of His Titles Relate In A Very Direct Way To The Piece's Substance. Work No. 79 Some Blu-Tack Kneaded Rolled Into A Ball And Depressed Against A Wall 1993 For Example Is Just What It Sounds Like As Is Work No. 88 A Sheet Of A4 Paper Crumpled Into A Ball 1994 . One Of Creed's Best Known Works Is Work No. 200 Half The Air In A Given Space 1998 Which Is A Room With Enough Inflated Balloons In It For Them To Contain Half The Air In It. Perhaps Creed's Best Known Piece Among The General Public Is The Work He Exhibited For The 2001 Turner Prize Show At The Tate Gallery Work No. 227 The Lights Going On And Off. This Was An Empty Room In Which The Lights Periodically Switched On And Off. As So Often With The Turner Prize This Created A Great Deal Of Press Attention Most Of It Questioning Whether Something As Minimalist As This Could Be Considered Art At All. Artist Jacqueline Crofton Threw Eggs At The Walls Of The Room Containing Creed's Work As A Protest. Creed Won The Prize. Creed Formed A Band Owada In 1994. In 1997 They Released Their First CD Nothing On David Cunningham's Piano Label. Here Too There Is A Very Direct Relation Between The Song Titles And The Work Itself In Songs Like "1-2-3-4" The Entire Lyrics Are Contained In The Title. Sound Has Also Featured In His Gallery-Based Work With Pieces Using Doorbells And Metronomes. Some Of Creed's Works Use Neon Signs. In These Cases The Title Of The Work Indicates What The Sign Says. These Pieces Include Work No. 220 Don't Worry 2000 Work No. 225 Everything Is Going To Be Alright 2000 Which Was Mounted To The Side Of A Gallery Gavin Brown New York City And Work No. 232 The Whole World The Work The Whole World 2000 Which Was Mounted On Tate Britain In London. read less