Martin Creed: Down Over Up

Art Review“An art critic walks into a coffee shop...” a particularly rhythmic exhibition, with every work – whether composed of sequenced chairs, tables, Lego bricks, wooden planks, nails, cacti or painted rectangles – offering an osculating spectacle for the living viewer, who surveys them...

The Telegraph“Ineffable blend of goofy humour and profound thought...” And that is the really important thing to say about Creed’s art: it is about how to be happy, about keeping things simple and lowering expectations, identifying good feelings, and not wanting too much...

The Independent“Is his work still pertinent? Not on this showing...” Laugh in the lift, have a giggle on the singing stairway ... if nothing else at the Fringe grabs your fancy. But the art of tedium is, for the most part, well, tedious. It's not gratifying, just truly tiresome...

The Observer“Charming...” Discreet, unobtrusive but visually rich, this is an art of quizzical ideas. The joy comes whenever there is a friction between system and spontaneity. The day I saw the show, every visitor smiled with recognition, uplifted...

Guardian“Yup, this is a staircase. Up. Down...” Throughout this show, Creed's appetite for lumpen reality collides with a longing for harmony, the harmony of the musical scale. Still, taken as a whole, it is hard to avoid the suspicion that it's all a contrived, half-serious, half-ironic pose...

The Scotsman“Not yet reviewed”

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”

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Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“Not yet reviewed”