Michael Landy
born 1963
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Michael Landy RA (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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Michael Landy Creeping Buttercup
2002
Michael Landy Scrapheap Services
1995
Michael Landy Costermonger’s Barrow II
1991
Michael Landy We Leave the Scum with No Place to Hide
1996
Michael Landy Annual Wall Rocket
2002
Michael Landy Herb Robert
2002
Michael Landy Thale Cress
2002
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BP Saturdays: Going Public - Michael Landy
Artist Michael Landy, who once famously distroyed all his possessions in the performance Break Down, talks about his practice in ...
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Michael Landy: Joyous Machines
An exhibition focused on the connection between Michael Landy and Jean Tinguely works
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Michael Landy in conversation with Laurence Sillars
Landy discusses his work and comprehensive responses to Tinguely’s constructive and destructive tendencies with Tate Liverpool curator Laurence Sillars.
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Michael Landy: British Artist's Talk
From Market to Breakdown, Michael Landy is best-known for his vast installations. His work questions the mechanics and contradictions of ...
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Audio Arts: Volume 12 No 1, Side A – Rachel Whiteread, Michael Landy
In this edition of the Audio Arts series,Volume 12 No 1, Side A, Rachel Whiteread and Michael Landy are ...
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Found object
A found object is a natural or man-made object, or fragment of an object, that is found (or sometimes bought ...
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Young British Artists (YBAs)
The label Young British Artists (YBAs) is applied to a loose group of British artists who began to exhibit together ...
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The lowly weed has its day: Private view
The celebrated nature writer takes a personal tour of those lesser known pictorial heroes that feature in many works within ...
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Tate Etc. issue 17: Autumn 2009
Tate Etc. Issue 17 Autumn 2009: Visiting and revisiting Art, etcetera online version of Tate's magazine
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Homage to destruction: Jean Tinguely
The author co-curates an exhibition of Jean Tinguely’s work for Tate Liverpool.
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‘Are We as a Society Going to Carry on Treating People This Way?’ Michael Landy’s Scrapheap Services
During the 1990s Michael Landy made four major installations, including Scrapheap Services, 1995. Although motivated by personal concerns, these installations ...
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Earthly delights: The art of the garden
The Art of the Garden: Jemima Montagu explores the garden symbol all the way back to Eden, through the ‘close-locked ...
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