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- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Piero Manzoni rejected expressive painting in favor of works that test authorship, material value and the status of the art object. His Achromes removed conventional color; Artist’s Breath and Artist’s Shit treated bodily products as commodities; Living Sculptures and the Base of the World extended authorship onto people and ultimately the planet itself.
Conceptual art; painting; sculpture; performance
Major Works
- 1957–63Achrome
- 1960Artist’s Breath
- 1961Artist’s Shit
- 1961Line 1000 Meters Long
- 1960Line of Infinite Length
- 1961Living Sculpture
- 1961Magic Base
- 1961Base of the World
- 1960Consumption of Dynamic Art by the Art-Devouring Public
- 1960Eggs with Thumbprints
Interviews & Writing
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