Richly illustrated in full colour, this book surveys Michael Landy's earliest work, including lesser-known sculptures - such as Sovereign shown at Freeze in 1988 - to large-scale installations Market, Closing Down Sale and Scrapheap Services.
Other works discussed in detail include the infamous Break Down, where Landy destroyed all 7,227 of his possessions in a department store on Oxford Street, London; Semi-detached, where Landy constructed a full-scale model of his family home at Tate Britain, London; and the project H2NY where Landy made 168 drawings based on a Jean Tinguely sculpture.
With over 800 colour illustrations and four newly commissioned texts, this volume provides a comprehensive insight into Landy's work
| ISBN: | 9781905464180 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2008 |
| Author: | Michael Landy |
| Publisher: | Ridinghouse |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 429 pages |
| Series: | Ridinghouse |
| Genres: |
Individual artists, art monographs Installation art |