Goss Michael Foundation

The Goss-Michael Foundation will premiere a new exhibition by noted contemporary artist
and renowned teacher, Michael Craig-Martin.

Curated by Filippo Tattoni-Marcozzi, the exhibition will open to the public Saturday,
February 6 and continue through April 30, 2010. The exhibition will include works on
canvas ranging from the early 90’s to today, new digital animated work, computer
portraits of both Kenny Goss and George Michael, and a large wall drawing installation
specifically designed and commissioned for the space.

In the 90’s, Craig-Martin introduced the intensely vibrant color range for which his
installations and paintings are now well known. More recently he has added single words
in his work, words as commonplace as the object images, but which refer to abstractions,
ideas, or feelings. Craig-Martin is internationally recognized as having been an influential
teacher at Goldsmiths College in London, having taught many of those who subsequently
became known as the Young British Artists including Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Sarah
Lucas, Liam Gillick and many more that today still refer to him as the main influence in
their work.

As part of its ongoing lecture series, The Goss-Michael Foundation will also host an event at
the Nasher Sculpture Center with Michael Craig-Martin in conversation with Jeremy Strick,
Director of The Nasher Sculpture Center, on Saturday, February 6 at 3 p.m. The event is
free and open to the public.

Michael Craig-Martin was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1941 and grew up in Washington D.C.
On completion of his studies at Yale Art School in 1966, he was offered a teaching position
at the Bath Academy of Art in England. Though originally intending to stay only a year or
two, he has lived and worked in Britain ever since. During the late 60’s and 70’s, he
established a reputation as one of the leading British conceptual artists. His best known
work of that period is An oak tree from 1973, in which he claimed to have changed a
glass of water into an oak tree. It is now on permanent loan to the Tate Gallery in
London. In the late 70’s, his attention shifted from objects to images, and he began
making the line drawings of common objects that continue to act as the foundation of his
practice to this day.

“I have always thought that the essence of things exits most potently in the apparently
ordinary,” says Craig-Martin. “Buckminster Fuller said that the best ideas were those that
included rather than excluded the most, and that such ideas were invariably the
simplest. I try to make the simplest paintings I can.”

He is represented internationally by Gagosian Gallery.

GOSS MICHAEL FOUNDATION

The Goss-Michael Foundation
2500 Cedar Springs Road
Dallas, TX
214.696.0555
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00am-6:00pm,
Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm, Monday by appointment only.

gossmichaelfoundation.org

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MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN
FEBRUARY 6, 2009 through April 30, 2010

Noted Teacher of Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Others
to Premiere New Works in Dallas

Artist Lecture at The Nasher Sculpture Center February 6

A smile happens in a
flash, but it's memory
can last a lifetime.
The magic of Kidd's Kids.
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Ok, 2009 / Acrylic on Aluminum / 48 x 48 inches
Courtesy of Michael Craig‐Martin