‘You want to read it, explore the works, and form your opinion – Creed wants you to do that, he's not telling, he's offering … With texts also by Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries and Darian Leader, who provide valuable interpretations.… It's an insightful collection’ – Aesthetica

This is the first comprehensive survey of the work and career of Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed – more than 700 works produced over twenty years, selected by the artist himself.

See and hear Martin creed installing his Fruitmarket Gallery exhibition in this
Tate Shot video.

Renowned for his straightforward approach to making art and his deft economy of means, Creed has produced sculptures, installations, drawings, films, performances, music and text, each of which has found its inspiration in the objects and activities of everyday life.

His work is subtle and spectacular, austere and playful – a sheet of paper crumpled into a ball, a door opening and closing, the lights going on and off, or a soundtrack inside a moving lift.

See Martin Creed's new music video 'Thinking/Not Thinking (Work-1090)'

Press articles and interviews with Martin Creed
• See Germaine Greer's article in The Independent 'Much Ado About Nothing:
Why Martin Creed is the Master of Minimalism'
• 18 July 2010 article about Martin Creed in Guardian.co.uk
• 21 July 2010 interview with Martin Creed in Telegraph.co.uk
• Interview with Martin Creed in Harper's Bazaar
• Interview with Martin Creed in The Scotsman
• Interview with Martin Creed in DazedDigital.com

The book features a foreword by the artist and accompanying texts by
Tom Eccles, Massimiliano Gioni, Germaine Greer, Matthew Higgs, Barry Humphries, Tess Jaray, Darian Leader, John O’Reilly, Colm Tóibín and others, supplemented by an exhibition history, bibliography and biography.

Also of interest
Making Contemporary Art: How Today's Artists Think and Work
Mark Wallinger
Video Art
Writing on the Wall: Word and image in Modern Art
Movements in Art Since 1945