Having taken three years to compile 7,227 items, a team of operatives and a large machine reduced the entire contents to mere powder. How break down by michael landy is subverted in the digital age. Landy is best known for his monumental commissions including semidetached 2004, an exact 1. Landy s break down is entirely of its time, an important snapshot of a moment that no longer exists, right down to the meticulous inventory of 7227 items that the artist spent a year compiling prior to the destruction. Breaking news new york protesters 2017, scaleddown 2018, 2018, h. Three years later, in 2001, having compiled an exhaustive inventory of his belongings that ran to. Break down, the work which put him in the public eye, was held in. Culture the man who destroyed all his belongings bbc. Well find the used vehicle you need, at a price you can afford. View image of sheepskin coat from michael landy s break down. Now michael landy has put his dads house in the tate. Many of artangels events and projects are temporarily postponed. The autosaver group offers a wide selection of used and preowned cars, trucks, and suvs.
Michael landy on putting his dads house in the tate. Michael landy is an installation artist who got rid of everything he owned for his exhibition in 2001 called break down. Break down was an artwork created by young british artist michael landy in london in february 2001, as a reaction to the consumerist society the work was commissioned jointly by the times newspaper and artangel, as part of the artangel open bidding process. Michael landys break down, a the times artangel commission.
Break down was an artwork created by young british artist michael landy in london in february 2001, as a reaction to the consumerist society. Over three years in the making, break down is his most ambitious and most extreme project to date. An inventory of michael landy s belongings that were destroyed in break down. Bbc culture the man who destroyed all his belongings. The inventory count down feature is as easy to turn off as it is to set up. This interview originally appeared in michael landy break down, a publication part manual, part inventory and part research file created to accompany the project in 2001. Michael landy breakdown graphic design research blog. The reason for the piece being an examination of societys romance with consumerism. In february 2001, british artist michael landy publicly destroyed all of his belongings in a work called break down. Michael landy in conversation with julian stallabrass. Michael landy draws a line under consumerism at art. The inventory that he prepared for it, which assigned catalogue numbers to each of. Before break down, landy s bestknown work was scrapheap services.
Landy gathered together all his possessions, ranging from postage. He shredded or granulated things from socks to family photographs, leaving him with no possessions for the sake of art. Michael landy has made an inventory of his life of. Michael landys break down, 2001, revisited for sperone. This is by a broad margin the most sentimental project landy has committed himself to. The advocate is louisianas leading news source, providing awardwinning local and regional news coverage. It was selected from 700 bids by a panel that included brian eno, rachel whiteread, richard cork, james lingwood and michael morris. How break down by michael landy is subverted in the. We look forward to welcoming you back into unusual places to experience extraordinary art as soon as we can. Michael landy ra born 1963 is one of the young british artists. It is framed around the list, or inventory, as one way in which we attempt to organise and order. Breaking down documents the laborious and intricate destruction of michael landy s inventory of possessions by a team of operatives across the factory line installed in the defunct oxford street c.
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