Michael Landy

H2NY
Text by Barry Schwabsky
Hardback

Publisher: Ridinghouse 2007 in association with Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Alexander and Bonin, New York.

ISBN: 978 1 905464 07 4

Dimensions: 27 x 21.5 cm | 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in

Pages: 96 pp, 60 b&w ill
£15 | $39.95

On 17 March 1960, Jean Tinguely staged his infamous sculpture-performance Homage to New York in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The piece destroyed itself in only 27 minutes, a source of lifetime fascination and inspiration for Landy.

 

Best known for his Break Down project (2001) – during which he destroyed the totality of his possessions in an Oxford Street department store in London – Landy has paid homage to Tinguely’s piece. 

 

Accompanying reproductions of 40 of Landy’s studies on paper and David Ghar’s photography of Tinguely’s original performance, a text by Barry Schwabsky links both artists and projects.