"No painting has meant more to me personally and as an artist. It is a painting of heroic modesty, a tribute to ordinary people, ordinary life, but presented at the scale and with the dignity of a great history painting. It is a depiction of the working class at leisure, the factories where they labour just visible on the horizon.”⁠ ⁠ #MichaelCraigMartin on #GeorgesSeurat’s ‘Bathers at Asnières’, 1884, housed @nationalgallery, London, which Craig-Martin pays homage to in the illustrated work.⁠ ⁠ 📍 ‘Michael Craig-Martin: Past Present' is open until 5 November 2022⁠.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Click the link in our bio to listen to our recent podcast episode with the artist. ⁠ ---⁠ Michael Craig-Martin; Seurat (blue), 2022⁠ Pigment print⁠ Paper and image: 68.0 x 100.0 cm⁠ Edition of 12⁠ .⁠ DM for further info and pricing⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ #pastpresent #oldmasterpainting #oldmasters #postimpressionism #historypainting #printmaking #bathersatasnières #seurat #Parisian #riverside #artpodcast #talkingart