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Michael Landy CBE RA

born 1963

Credit Card Destroying Machine 2010
© Michael Landy; Installation View Dream On, 2022 | Hellenic Parliament + NEON at the former Public Tobacco Factory, Athens Photograph © Natalia Tsoukala; Courtesy NEON
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7 artworks by Michael Landy CBE RA
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Biography

Michael Landy (born 1963) 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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Young British Artists (YBAs)

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  • Appropriation 1

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    1990
  • Appropriation 2

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    1990
  • Appropriation 3

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    1990
  • Appropriation 4

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    1990
  • Cor! What a Bargain!

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    1992
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  • Shepherd’s Purse 5

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    2002
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  • Thale Cress

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    2002
  • Shepherd’s Purse

    Michael Landy CBE RA
    2002
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    Michael Landy: Drawing portraits

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    Michael Landy: Joyous Machines

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