The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Work No. 965. Half the Air in a Given Space
2008
(British, b. 1968)
Diameter: 28 cm (11 in.)
Location: not on view
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The installation of this work involves an equation ensuring that exactly half of the air in the room is contained inside of balloons.Description
This immersive work by Martin Creed is made entirely of 11-inch purple balloons containing half of the air present in the gallery. Following the artist’s instructions, an equation is used during installation to calculate the exact measurements of air. Visitors are invited to walk into the mass of balloons, becoming a part of the work by changing its shape and volume themselves. “It is important to me,” says Creed,” that the situation is normal, that, as usual, the space is full of air; it’s just that half of it [is] inside the balloons. In a way, the space should be treated as if the work is not there.”- 2008–2012Artist's studio2012–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Wallace, Miranda, ed. lit. 21st Century: Art in the First Decade. Queensland: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010. 93Moll, Frank-Thorsten, and Ursula Zeller. Luftkunst (Air Art) Friedrichshafen: Zeppelin Museum, 2011. 17
- Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 'Luftkunst / Air Art", Friedrichshafen/DE, February 4-May 1, 2011Queensland Art Gallery, "21st Century: Art in the First Decade", Queensland, Australia, December 1, 2010-April 26, 2011Moscow Museum of Modern Art, "Martin Creed / Numbers", Moscow, November 4-December 5, 2010The New Art Gallery Walsall, "Party!", Walsall GB, February 12-April 18, 2010SUN Contemporary, "Platform Seoul", Seoul/KR, 24.24.2008
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