Work No. 1357 (MOTHERS) - Fort Worth, TX
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N 32° 44.730 W 097° 21.390
14S E 653976 N 3624268
Very large, rotating, dual-sided neon art, mounted atop a privately owned building near downtown Fort Worth.
Waymark Code: WMQQW2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2016
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Work No. 1357 (MOTHERS), by Martin Creed, consists of the word, "Mothers", in all capital, white neon letters mounted on a steel frame. The work is 22 2/5 x 47 3/5 ft. (6.8 x 14.5 m). It's mounted on a central post and rotates slowly.
From August 1, 2012 to June 9, 2013, this work was installed in the Plaza at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL.
"In early August 2012, London-based artist Martin Creed (British, b. 1968) debuted an ambitious new sculpture created especially for the MCA plaza. Made up of white neon lettering, Work No. 1357, MOTHERS is the largest kinetic sculpture Creed has created to date: measuring forty-eight feet wide and more than twenty feet tall, it steadily rotates a full 360 degrees." This piece was part of the artist's yearlong residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
"Creed often uses language in his work, spelling out unassuming words or common phrases. It had to be large, Creed said, 'because mothers always have to be bigger than you are' and because 'it feels like mothers are the most important people in the world.'"
"Creed is one of the United Kingdom’s leading artists and was the winner of the 2001 Turner Prize. He lives and works in London and spends time in Alicudi, Italy. Creed’s work has been exhibited widely at a variety of international venues, and he has produced public projects throughout the world, including one in London in August 2012 to coincide with the Summer Olympics."
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