Winner of the 2001 Turner Prize, Martin Creed (born 1968) has been
recognized around the world for his conceptually driven art that is at
once playful, thought-provoking and deeply ambiguous. Crossing all
artistic media, and including musical performance and dance, his art
transforms common materials and actions into surprising meditations on
existence, choice, perception and the invisible structures that shape
everyday experience. Martin Creed: What's the Point of It? is a
large-format, fully illustrated publication accompanying the first major
survey of Creed's work at the Hayward Gallery in London. Encompassing
the full range and scale of Creed's work, this comprehensive monograph
spans its most minimal moments to extravagant room-sized installations,
neon signs, video projections and performances. Outstanding in scope,
design and scholarship, this essential volume features key artworks and
a number of newly commissioned essays by music journalist Paul Morley,
art historian Joachim Pissarro and Hayward Gallery curator Cliff Lauson,
and a text by actor and musician Bill Bailey.