Michael Landy : Break Down [with a quantity of ephemera, including the loose leaf "final chapter" of photographic pages and accompanying letter]

Language: English

Published by London: Artangel, 2001

1902201108 / 9781902201108

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24 x 20cm. Ring-binder folder, 128pp. Includes number of hole-punched extra pages held in wraparound strip, and letter, newspaper clipping, a number of Artangel publicity flyers and brochures. This publication constitutes a complete list of artist's worldly possessions, drawings, photographs, a collage of research materials from the YBA art installation at C&A store at Marble Arch, London, Feb. 10-Feb. 24, 2001. Landy's items were progressively disassembled, destroyed, and recycled over the course of two weeks. "Through the 1990s, Landy's work has explored different aspects of contemporary consumerism. Over three years in the making, BREAK DOWN is the most ambitious - and most extreme - project to date. Michael Landy has made an inventory of his life - of every single thing he owns. Every piece of furniture, every record, every article of clothing, every book, every gadget, every work of art. Over 5000 individual items have been catalogued in Landy's existential audit. And all of them are broken down to the basic materials they are made of. Nothing but powder is left. This artist's book part manual, part inventory, part research file includes the complete list of his possessions, drawings, photographs, a collage of research materials and an interview with Julian Stallabrass, as well as a section of photographs from the actual installation in Oxford Street in London, February 2001."425.00.…

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Title
Michael Landy : Break Down [with a quantity of ephemera, including the loose leaf "final chapter" of photographic pages and accompanying letter]
Author
Landy, Michael; Artangel
Publisher
London: Artangel
Publication year
2001
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1902201108
ISBN 13
9781902201108

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