The insane business idea of ​​the artist...

in fun •  7 years ago 

Shit artist.

A work of art by the Italian artist Piero Mandzoni, a representative of conceptualism.

In May 1961 Manzoni gathered his feces in 90 numbered banks, each containing 30 grams, he wrote "100% natural shit of the artist" in Italian, English, French and German and sold them at a price equal to the price of gold the same weight . The current price is about 30,500 euros. On May 23, 2007, one of the copies was sold for 124,000 euros at the Sotheby's auction.

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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

He had a good formula, I guess.

(I think the tag 'art' would have been appropriate)