Michael Craig-Martin

Glass on water positioned on a shelf with the text consisting of an interview explaining/discussing the work. After my inclusion of a glass of water in a few of my photographs prompted this similarity to be suggested, I felt I wanted to look into this work.

Example of the interview, which is the text in the installation:

Q. Do you mean that the glass of water is a symbol of an oak tree?

A. No. It's not a symbol. I've changed the physical substance of the glass of water into that of an oak tree.

Q. It looks like a glass of water.
A. Of course it does. I didn't change its appearance. But it's not a glass of water, it's an oak tree.Text copied from http://acheimeublog.blogspot.com/2008/03/michael-craig-martin-oak-tree-1973.html