Martin Creed Plays Chicago
Jan – Dec 2012
Martin Creed
Work No. 798 (2007) and Work No. 1349 (2012)
Emulsion on wall
Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Installation view, Martin Creed Plays Chicago, MCA Chicago, 2012
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Creed’s paintings, whether they fill a small canvas or, as with Work No. 798 and Work No. 1349, a monumental wall, are often the result of predetermined logic or a few simple rules. The two large-scale paintings that cover the walls in the MCA’s lobby—one of them conceived specifically for this site—each comprise a repeating pattern in a single bold color.