Michael Landy

born 1963

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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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Artworks

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Michael Landy We Leave the Scum with No Place to Hide

1996
Michael Landy Herb Robert

2002
Michael Landy Shepherd’s Purse 2

2002
Michael Landy Annual Wall Rocket

2002
Michael Landy Common Groundsel

2002
Michael Landy Shepherd’s Purse

2002
Michael Landy H.2.N.Y. Self-constructing Self-destroying Tinguely Machine, Museum of Modern Art, 17th March 1960

2006
Michael Landy Scrapheap Services

1995

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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
TateShots

Michael Landy: Drawing portraits

How Michael Landy made a day job out of drawing

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) …
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 …
Tate Etc

The lowly weed has its day: Private view

Richard Mabey

The celebrated nature writer takes a personal tour of those lesser known pictorial heroes that feature in many works within …
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

Michael Landy

The author co-curates an exhibition of Jean Tinguely’s work for Tate Liverpool.
Tate Etc

Criticism trouvé: Michael Landy

Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith hangs around at Michael Landy’s Semi-detached
Tate Papers

Tate Papers no.1: Spring 2004

Tate Papers, Spring 2004 edition
Tate Papers

‘Are We as a Society Going to Carry on Treating People This Way?’ Michael Landy’s Scrapheap Services

Sean Rainbird

During the 1990s Michael Landy made four major installations, including Scrapheap Services, 1995. Although motivated by personal concerns, these installations …
Tate Etc

Earthly delights: The art of the garden

Jemima Montagu

The Art of the Garden: Jemima Montagu explores the garden symbol all the way back to Eden, through the ‘close-locked’ …
Essay

Artist project: Hello weed

Heidi Reitmaier

Michael Landy's meticulous etchings of urban foliage seem a dramatic departure for an artist best known for installations on a …