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Interesting idea, but has it got legs? Martin Creed's new work has athletes sprinting round Tate Britain. Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards tells Emma John what he makes of it Sunday July 6, 2008 The Observer Jonathan Edwards watches the runners at the Tate Britain from Martin Creed's Duveen Galleries Commision 2008. Photograph: Alex Sturrock Martin Creed: The Duveen Galleries Commission 2008 Tate Britain, London SW1 Beijing is just weeks away and Jonathan Edwards, former Olympic triple jump champion, is not impressed. 'It's not really working together,' he says as a man in his twenties sprints past us, his arms chopping the air at his sides, his face fixed in a grimace of determination. 'He's trying too hard - that's quite a manufactured style.' Thankfully, this is not the Olympic trials. We are standing in the grand,... [read full story]
