Re: FLUXLIST: RE: anti-art

[peter mcpartlan]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:35:49 +0100 Sol Nte 
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> >The fact that
> whoever's "Artist's Shit" sold in cans sold for millions is
> a joke, but that's good, surely?<
> 
> Piero Manzoni - merda d'artista
> 
> Yes, I think it's good, it's just not really anti-art...now if he'd not
> bothered to can it and just put it on display in a plastic bag that might be
> closer to the notion of something being anti-art.........

But it puts things into context surely.... 'I can can up my 
shit and flog it for millions' is surely a either a good 
case against art or a good way of taking the piss out of it.

PS Thanks for telling me who it was, it's been one of those 
things that's been bugging me...

peter mcpartlan
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