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        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Work No. 965. Half the Air in a Given Space, 2008. Martin Creed (British, b. 1968). Purple balloons, multiple pieces; diameter: 28 cm (11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2012.34",
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        "title": "Work No. 965. Half the Air in a Given Space",
        "creation_date": "2008",
        "creation_date_earliest": 2008,
        "creation_date_latest": 2008,
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        "culture": [
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        "technique": "purple balloons, multiple pieces",
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        "department": "Contemporary Art",
        "collection": "CONTEMP - Installation Media",
        "type": "Mixed Media",
        "measurements": "Diameter: 28 cm (11 in.)",
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            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "SUN Contemporary, \"Platform Seoul\", Seoul/KR, 24.24.2008",
                    "opening_date": "2008-04-24T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "The New Art Gallery Walsall, \"Party!\", Walsall GB, February 12-April 18, 2010",
                    "opening_date": "2010-02-12T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Moscow Museum of Modern Art, \"Martin Creed / Numbers\", Moscow, November 4-December 5, 2010",
                    "opening_date": "2010-11-04T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Queensland Art Gallery, \"21st Century: Art in the First Decade\", Queensland, Australia, December 1, 2010-April 26, 2011",
                    "opening_date": "2010-12-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 'Luftkunst / Air Art\", Friedrichshafen/DE, February 4-May 1, 2011",
                    "opening_date": "2011-02-04T00:00:00"
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                "description": "Artist's studio",
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                "date": "2008\u20132012",
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            },
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                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "2012\u2013",
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        "did_you_know": "The installation of this work involves an equation ensuring that exactly half of the air in the room is contained inside of balloons.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "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\u2019s 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. \u201cIt is important to me,\u201d says Creed,\u201d that the situation is normal, that, as usual, the space is full of air; it\u2019s just that half of it [is] inside the balloons. In a way, the space should be treated as if the work is not there.\u201d",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60781028"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Wallace, Miranda, ed. lit. <em>21st Century: Art in the First Decade.</em> Queensland: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010.",
                "page_number": "93",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Moll, Frank-Thorsten, and Ursula Zeller. <em>Luftkunst (Air Art) </em>Friedrichshafen:<em> </em>Zeppelin Museum, 2011.",
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            }
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        "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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        "accession_date": "2012-06-04T00:00:00",
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        "updated_at": "2026-06-22 19:23:41.271000"
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