Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe there was a court case in one instance in which the owner of the can sued the museum to which it was on loan for causing the shit-explosion by having displayed it in inappropriate conditions. However, Manzoni was definitely a dude. He also sold his breath (Artist's Breath, I suppose) in balloons and signed naked people (no doubt for a fee) as "living sculptures". I wish I had 1% of his marketing skills. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "geebeespaw" <geebeespaw@btopenworld.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Art and stuff > From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: 09 August 2002 09:37 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Art and stuff > > > > And there was Piero Mazoni, Italian artist who sold cans of his own shit - > > labelled "Artist's Shit: Contents: 30 gr net, freshly produced and tinned > in > > May 1961" - apparently some of them have been exploding forty years later > > due to internal pressure. Not a pleasant suprise for the collector... > > R. > > > ============================================================ > But fully deserved :-) > --Graham > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html