Book
Michael Craig-Martin
Irish, born 1941
1997
An artist’s book made up of eleven screenprints in which Michael Craig‑Martin uses flat, graphic printing to turn ordinary objects and labels into subjects of conceptual inquiry.
The cloth cover greets you with a muted gray field and a single bold black sans‑serif line—“MICHAEL CRAIG‑MARTIN BOOK”—its spare typography and textured surface signaling a cool, restrained visual logic.
The book distills Craig‑Martin’s late‑20th‑century project of using print and language to flatten and reframe everyday things, shaping a lineage between conceptual art, graphic design, and the Young British Artists’ interest in idea over illusion.
Medium
10 screenprints and 1 supplementary screenprint
Classification
Department
Credit
Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Accession
200.1997.1-11
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
