Michael Landy
born 1963
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In Tate Britain
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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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
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Michael Landy Creeping Buttercup
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Michael Landy Herb Robert
2002 -
Michael Landy Scrapheap Services
1995 -
Michael Landy Costermonger’s Barrow II
1991 -
Michael Landy Annual Wall Rocket
2002 -
Michael Landy Shepherd’s Purse 5
2002 -
Michael Landy Sweep to Victory
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Michael Landy Thale Cress
2002
Film and audio
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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 … -
TateShots
Michael Landy: Joyous Machines
An exhibition focused on the connection between Michael Landy and Jean Tinguely works
Features
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Art Term
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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Art Term
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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Tate Etc
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
Tate Etc. issue 17: Autumn 2009
Tate Etc. Issue 17 Autumn 2009: Visiting and revisiting Art, etcetera online version of Tate's magazine -
Tate Etc
Homage to destruction: Jean Tinguely
The author co-curates an exhibition of Jean Tinguely’s work for Tate Liverpool.
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Tate Papers
‘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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Tate Etc
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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Essay
Artist project: Hello weed
Michael Landy's meticulous etchings of urban foliage seem a dramatic departure for an artist best known for installations on a …
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