Artist's Shit
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| - | {{Template}}'''''Artist's shit''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Merda d'artista'') is a work of art by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[artist]] [[Piero Manzoni]] that was influenced by [[Marcel Duchamp]]'s ''[[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymades]]''. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''''Artist's shit''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Merda d'artista'') is a work of art by the [[Italian artist]] [[Piero Manzoni]]. | ||
| - | In [[May]] [[1961]], Manzoni collected his own [[feces]] in 90 numbered [[Tin can|can]]s, which contain 30 [[gram]]s of feces each. He labelled them as '100% pure artist's shit' in Italian, English, French, and German, and sold them for the price of their weight in [[gold]]. Their current estimated value stands at approximately [[Euro|EUR]]30,500 ([[US$]]25,000–35,000). On May 23 2007, an exemplar has been sold for [[Euro|EUR]]124,000 at Sotheby's.<ref>''[http://ansa.it/opencms/export/site/notizie/rubriche/inbreve/visualizza_new.html_2126731936.html Sotheby's sells an exemplar for 124,000 euros]''</ref> | + | In [[May]] [[1961]], Manzoni collected his own [[feces]] in 90 numbered [[Tin can|can]]s, which contain 30 [[gram]]s of feces each. He labelled them as '100% pure artist's shit' in Italian, English, French, and German, and sold them for the price of their weight in [[gold]]. Their current estimated value stands at approximately [[Euro|EUR]]30,500 ([[US$]]25,000–35,000). On May 23 2007, an exemplar has been sold for [[Euro|EUR]]124,000 at Sotheby's. |
| - | Like Duchamp's readymades, '''''Artist's shit''''' questions the meaning of art as both cultural and consumer objects by forcing the viewer to confront a system that venerates cans of shit as works of art.<ref>''[http://www.amazon.com/Poop-Culture-America-Grossest-National/dp/193259521X Poop Culture: How America is Shaped by its Grossest National Product]'', ISBN 1-932-59521-X</ref> | + | Like Duchamp's readymades, '''''Artist's shit''''' questions the meaning of art as both cultural and consumer objects by forcing the viewer to confront a system that venerates cans of shit as works of art. |
| Some of the cans have exploded or leaked as a result of internal pressure or the [[corrosion]] of the metallic parts. | Some of the cans have exploded or leaked as a result of internal pressure or the [[corrosion]] of the metallic parts. | ||
| - | + | ==See also== | |
| + | *[[Human feces ]] | ||
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Artist's shit (Italian: Merda d'artista) is a work of art by the Italian artist Piero Manzoni.
In May 1961, Manzoni collected his own feces in 90 numbered cans, which contain 30 grams of feces each. He labelled them as '100% pure artist's shit' in Italian, English, French, and German, and sold them for the price of their weight in gold. Their current estimated value stands at approximately EUR30,500 (US$25,000–35,000). On May 23 2007, an exemplar has been sold for EUR124,000 at Sotheby's.
Like Duchamp's readymades, Artist's shit questions the meaning of art as both cultural and consumer objects by forcing the viewer to confront a system that venerates cans of shit as works of art.
Some of the cans have exploded or leaked as a result of internal pressure or the corrosion of the metallic parts.
See also
