H.2.N.Y. Self-constructing Self-destroying Tinguely Machine, Museum of Modern Art, 17th March 1960
2006 · Charcoal on paper
support: 1500 x 2270 mm
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Michael Landy
1963
Mixed MediaContemporary
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None documented
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21
Works in Collection
25
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2
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Michael Landy is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down (2001), in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project (2010) at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008, Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
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Rijksmuseum
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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Loughborough University
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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