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The Quantum bones of St Rosalia, floating in the artists shit

The Blindboy Podcast

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The Artist's Breath

Piero manzoni was an italian artist in the 19 fifties and 19 sixties. His most famous sculpture is known as artist shit, a sealed can of human ship. Manzoni valued them at the exact same value as gold. That's everything i hate about modern art. An artist taken a shit into a can, sealing it and calling it art. I hate this. But here's the thing, you're not supposed to admire it. Think of it instead as protest, satire, joking critique.

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