On Martin Creed:
Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain, said while it was irreverent, it was also a ‘serious work of art which extended the study of the sculpted human form.
“It’s extraordinary to see in a place associated with the reverential contemplation of art, a place of stillness where you don’t normally see anyone running in contravention of all museum etiquette, and also to experience the ground thudding and air moving as someone runs through a pedestrian space,” he said.
Creed, who has in the past, created works which explore themes of vomiting and defecating, as well as a piece consisting of a screwed up piece of paper blue-tacked onto a wall,
again:
“And those who are about to fall will not take warning from the example of those who have fallen, but nothing can be done about it. All will fall” Goya, Los Caprichos
