Running as Art?Martin Creed, Turner Prize winner for his piece "The Lights Going On and Off" (seen recently at the BCA), has a new work up at the Tate Britain's Duveen sculpture gallery in London. Titled "Work No.850" it consists of a person sprinting through the gallery every 30 seconds.
Tate Britain Director Stephen Deuchar is quoted saying "there is something inherently absurd in the idea of a runner passing every 30 seconds for four and a half months." Yeah. A little bit. But that is what I like about Creed's work. The absurdity in simple aspects of contemporary society.
Who hasn't thought that all those people jogging aren't just a little bit crazy? Especially if you are doing on the streets of Boston!
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