Runners exhibited as artwork at Tate Britain

by LotusFlower | June 30, 2008 at 09:57 am
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An athlete running at top speed is a beautiful thing and something that's very hard for the sculptor or painter to capture so controversial Brit artist Martin Creed gives us the real deal - his latest work is real athletes running up and down the gallery space at Tate Britain - over and over again, all day long.

Martin Creed cheered up the Turner prize no end seven years ago, when he won the award for a piece that consisted of a gallery's lights being switched on and off.

Now the artist is back with a new work that is likely to prove just as irritating to traditionalists.

Creed's Work No 850 is a single athlete running at top speed through the Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain - every 30 seconds, all day, every day.

Visitors to Tate Britain will see a runner streak past them, dashing "as if their life depended on it" according to the artist's instructions. After a runner has made the 86 metre sprint (which will take around 12 seconds) there will be a 15 second pause, like a rest in a piece of music. Then the next runner will dash forth.

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at 13:11 on June 30th, 2008

LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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raymond rivera

yES, YOU CAN USE THIS..... PLEASE JUST GIVE ME THE APPROPRIATE CREDIT WHEN IT IS DUE. THANKS.. This is a sprinter at UNC Chapel Hill track meet.

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