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Activities & Events : Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space (show all)

  • Tuesday February 19, 2013
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    Exhibition
    Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space
    Gallery B108

    1 February – 1 April 2013

    Work No. 202: Half the Air in a Given Space exemplifies Turner-prize winning artist Martin Creed’s career-long investigation into how we physically experience everyday life. Creed produces his works, which now number over 1000 projects, by himself, with performers, or, in this case, through the active participation of visitors. In this installation the artist gives form to the air that surrounds us by precisely measuring and capturing half of it inside nearly twenty thousand black balloons. Creating an environment that is both playful and claustrophobic, he drastically alters our perception of space. Here, as in the majority of his production, Creed uses the art museum, a site of meaningful contemplation, to turn our experience of the ordinary into a work of art.

    Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Access to the installation space is subject to certain conditions. Restrictions may apply.

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  • Wednesday February 20, 2013
  • event
    Exhibition
    Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space
    Gallery B108

    1 February – 1 April 2013

    Work No. 202: Half the Air in a Given Space exemplifies Turner-prize winning artist Martin Creed’s career-long investigation into how we physically experience everyday life. Creed produces his works, which now number over 1000 projects, by himself, with performers, or, in this case, through the active participation of visitors. In this installation the artist gives form to the air that surrounds us by precisely measuring and capturing half of it inside nearly twenty thousand black balloons. Creating an environment that is both playful and claustrophobic, he drastically alters our perception of space. Here, as in the majority of his production, Creed uses the art museum, a site of meaningful contemplation, to turn our experience of the ordinary into a work of art.

    Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Access to the installation space is subject to certain conditions. Restrictions may apply.

    more
  • Thursday February 21, 2013
  • event
    Exhibition
    Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space
    Gallery B108

    1 February – 1 April 2013

    Work No. 202: Half the Air in a Given Space exemplifies Turner-prize winning artist Martin Creed’s career-long investigation into how we physically experience everyday life. Creed produces his works, which now number over 1000 projects, by himself, with performers, or, in this case, through the active participation of visitors. In this installation the artist gives form to the air that surrounds us by precisely measuring and capturing half of it inside nearly twenty thousand black balloons. Creating an environment that is both playful and claustrophobic, he drastically alters our perception of space. Here, as in the majority of his production, Creed uses the art museum, a site of meaningful contemplation, to turn our experience of the ordinary into a work of art.

    Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Access to the installation space is subject to certain conditions. Restrictions may apply.

    more
  • Friday February 22, 2013
  • event
    Exhibition
    Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space
    Gallery B108

    1 February – 1 April 2013

    Work No. 202: Half the Air in a Given Space exemplifies Turner-prize winning artist Martin Creed’s career-long investigation into how we physically experience everyday life. Creed produces his works, which now number over 1000 projects, by himself, with performers, or, in this case, through the active participation of visitors. In this installation the artist gives form to the air that surrounds us by precisely measuring and capturing half of it inside nearly twenty thousand black balloons. Creating an environment that is both playful and claustrophobic, he drastically alters our perception of space. Here, as in the majority of his production, Creed uses the art museum, a site of meaningful contemplation, to turn our experience of the ordinary into a work of art.

    Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Access to the installation space is subject to certain conditions. Restrictions may apply.

    more
  • Saturday February 23, 2013
  • event
    Exhibition
    Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space
    Gallery B108

    1 February – 1 April 2013

    Work No. 202: Half the Air in a Given Space exemplifies Turner-prize winning artist Martin Creed’s career-long investigation into how we physically experience everyday life. Creed produces his works, which now number over 1000 projects, by himself, with performers, or, in this case, through the active participation of visitors. In this installation the artist gives form to the air that surrounds us by precisely measuring and capturing half of it inside nearly twenty thousand black balloons. Creating an environment that is both playful and claustrophobic, he drastically alters our perception of space. Here, as in the majority of his production, Creed uses the art museum, a site of meaningful contemplation, to turn our experience of the ordinary into a work of art.

    Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Access to the installation space is subject to certain conditions. Restrictions may apply.

    more

Current Exhibitions

Marie Watt. <em>Blanket Stories: Three Sisters,Cousin Rose, Four Pelts and Sky Woman </em>(previous installation detail), 2005. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art 17 May 2013 - 02 Sep 2013 Peter Paul Rubens <em>Head of an Old Woman</em>, c.1615 Oil on oak. Purchased 1925, no. 3339 Masterpiece in Focus: Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens 03 May 2013 - 02 Sep 2013
The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013 The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013 22 Mar 2013 - 23 Jun 2013 Morley Ayearst, bookplate for Viola L. Allen, 1920 Canadian Bookplates from the National Gallery of Canada 08 May 2013 - 30 Aug 2013
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Coming Soon

Charles Horetzky <em>Salmon Cove, Nasse River, looking north</em>, 1873 Albumen print Library and Archives Canada / e011067227 Library and Archives Canada - Early Exploration Photographs in Canada 24 May 2013 - 29 Sep 2013 Ludovico Carracci, <em>The Virgin and Child</em> (detail), c. 1580-1595, red chalk heightened with white chalk on faded blue laid paper, 28.2 x 24.5 cm, Purchased 1975. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Photo © NGC The Noble Art of the Carracci and their School: A Selection of Drawings and Prints 31 May 2013 - 29 Sep 2013
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