Michael Craig-Martin: Signs of Life. Eckhard Schneider, Liam Gillick, Edgar Schmitz.
In English. Hardcover, 128 pages, 29.5 x 24 x 1.9 cm. Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2006.
The Signs of Life series focuses on the idea of a universally comprehensive visual language, made up of mundane objects, such as the brushes, lanterns and folding chairs that Craig-Martin turned into a screensaver (available in MoMA.org), and objects from the art world, about which he states: "Drawing Piero [della Francesca] is the same for me as drawing a shoe." Or, as he demonstrates, how to draw a Seurat. Canvases and paintings that occupy entire walls come together here in a total work of art with a strong personality. Michael Craig-Martin, who the BBC called "the father of Britart", has taught at Goldsmiths College, London, since 1974. His work has been exhibited in the UK at the Hayward Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery and Tate Modern, and in the US at the Gagosian Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art.
