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\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessary to be original. It\u2019s necessary to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Creed: What\u2019s the point of it? is the first major retrospective of Creed\u2019s ingenious and often highly provocative work. Since the beginning of his career, when he made small objects that could be placed anywhere, Creed has made work that questions the very nature of art and challenges taboos. His work takes on a multitude of forms\u2014from sculpture, paintings, neons, films and installations, to music and performance\u2014appearing both in the art gallery and in broader public circulation. At once rigorous and humorous, his art continually surprises, disrupts and overturns our expectations. It reflects on the unease we face in making choices, the comfort we find in repetition, the desire to control, and the inevitable losses of control that shape existence.<\/p>\n

Martin Creed
Work No. 88
1995
A sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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