In a text about Creed’s Work No. 227 the Italian artist and curator Maurizio Cattelan writes about mood swings, the inability to preserve joy, and the need to measure it against a black background. To liken Creed’s work to the mind of someone with bi-polar disorder might be taking it too far, but there is indeed a reoccurring interest in the tension between opposing poles in Creed’s growing oeuvre.  Be it light versus dark, inside versus outside, activity versus passivity, hard versus soft or visible versus invisible, Creed arranges these opposites effortlessly with subtle gestures and simple means.
In the exhibition at CAC Bukovje Landskrona Martin Creed will show three works, one of which being Work No. 312,  A lamp going on and off, the smaller scale sibling of his Turner prize winning light piece.  Whilst not as drastic as Work No. 227 it still has a profound effect on the room it is placed in. The hominess of the lamp stands in stark contrast to its behaviour, and the effect is quite theatrical and dramatic, perhaps even uncanny. The video Work No. 1090, Thinking/Not Thinking is much more up-beat and with the Work No. 115, a door that only can be opened to a 45 degree angle,we have three pieces that complement each other and show different aspects of Martin Creeds practise.
In an interview from 2001 Martin Creed explains that his works are not parts of an academic exploration of conceptual art, but that it is rather a wish to communicate, “wanting to say hello” that motivates him. His works are emotional rather than conceptual.