If you want to trace the history of the modern world through everyday objects, look no further than the work of artist Michael Craig-Martin.

Michael began drawing things people take for granted in the late 1970s - an era when technology was around, but everything was simpler and chunkier.

His work shows that many things have got a lot flatter, comparing boxy valve televisions with the slimline big screens of today, and dial and handset phones attached to the wall with sleek little slabs which slip into pockets.

Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery is hosting his Everyday Objects exhibition from May 20 until September 13.

It will feature 23 works highlighting Michael’s approach to documenting the world by constructing images which delve into the world of classic, contemporary and everyday design of past and present.

Incredibly colourful depictions of headphones, lightbulbs, trainers and much more will consider the transitory nature of items that are found all over the world.

Annabelle Bonnar, the museum and art gallery’s marketing and communications officer, said: “Visitors will also be invited to view objects drawn from Petersfield’s own collection, including headphones, telephones, shoes and cameras from across different eras. Once considered everyday, they now serve as archaeological items of the modern world.”

Michael was born in Dublin in 1941. He grew up and was educated in the USA, studying fine art at Yale School of Art and Architecture.

He has lived and worked in Britain since 1966, staging his first solo exhibition at the Rowan Gallery in London in 1969 and participating in the definitive exhibition of British conceptual art, The New Art, at the Hayward Gallery in 1972.

Michael’s work dovetails with the museum’s social history collection, which was collected by the Petersfield Historical Society to retain documentary and material evidence of objects that gave a glimpse into people’s lives.