Not on display
- Artist
- Michael Landy born 1963
- Medium
- Photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 290 x 380 mm
- Collection
- Lent from a private collection 2000
On long term loan - Reference
- L02301
Display caption
This group of stills is from a video piece by Michael Landy called Appropriations, which shows high street grocers setting up their stalls for the day, using plastic crates ‘borrowed’ from bread manufacturers or dairies as platforms for their goods. Following the systematic nature of each protagonist’s routine, the work focuses on the rituals imposed by labour. Landy draws attention to an economy that relies upon an act of appropriation and re-use. It is a practice that is recognised and repeated throughout the world.
Gallery label, February 2010
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