This is Piero Manzoni. I'm not going to pretend to know a lot about him, his ideas, or his work. I just want to share one thing that this crazy Italian accomplished during his short career (unfortunately he died at age 29). He pretty much took Marcel Duchamp's idea of the readymade and ran with it. My personal favorite is this little gem:
Yes, this is exactly what the name implies. Manzoni put 30 grams of his own poop into tins- 90 in all- signed them and numbered them, then sold them off for their current weight in gold. How freaking funny is that? I can't find a source for it, but I remember hearing that in recent years these cans in museums all over the world were succumbing to expanding gasses from the feces inside and exploding. Piero Manzoni may have died over 40 years ago, but he's still giggling from his grave.
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