Michael Craig-Martin

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About Michael Craig-Martin

Michael Craig-Martin had his first solo exhibition at the Rowan Gallery, London in 1969. He participated in the definitive exhibition of British conceptual art, “The New Art” at the Hayward Gallery in 1972. Throughout his career, through work in many different media, he has explored the expressive potential of commonplace objects and images.

His best known works include An oak tree of 1973, in which he claimed to have changed a glass of water into an oak tree; his large-scale black and white wall drawings; and his intensely coloured paintings, installations, and public commissions. His work is in the collection of many museums around the world, including the Tate, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in NY.

Craig-Martin is well known to have been an influential teacher at the Goldsmiths College London, and is considered a key figure in the emergence of young British artists in the early 90′s. Amongst his former students are Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Liam Gillick, Sarah Lucas, Michael Landy, and Fiona Rae.

Deckchair Design

Michael Craig-Martin donated a deckchair design to Deckchair Dreams 2013. About the design he told us:

I normally only draw images of everyday man-made objects. I chose to Michael Craig Martin Deckchairdraw the bunch of bananas because more than most natural objects they look ‘designed’ in our sense as much as in nature’s. They seem to me to be the perfect example of Nature’s Grand Design.

Michael supports the Royal Parks, as more than anything else, they give London its special quality. He believes the city is unimaginable without them.

  • His designer deckchair is available from our online shop and all proceeds help support the Parks.

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