artinfo herning 2010 Manzoni
One of the most astonishing works in the show is Thierry Geoffroy's
video "In Advance of the Broken Arm," which depicts the artist and a
team of assistants — all of them immigrants to the Nordic state —
running after the horses of the national royal carriage and cleaning up
their turds. In a window, the turds are presented in jars. The piece
thus pays homage to Duchamp, taking its title from his snow shovel readymade, and Piero Manzoni,
whose famed work "Merda d'Artista," also on view at the Biennial, is
advertised as consisting of his own feces in jar. (A show devoted to
the latter artist titled "Shit or Gold?" is running at HEART through
June as well.)
artinfo herning 2010 Manzoni
One of the most astonishing works in the show is Thierry Geoffroy's
video "In Advance of the Broken Arm," which depicts the artist and a
team of assistants — all of them immigrants to the Nordic state —
running after the horses of the national royal carriage and cleaning up
their turds. In a window, the turds are presented in jars. The piece
thus pays homage to Duchamp, taking its title from his snow shovel readymade, and Piero Manzoni,
whose famed work "Merda d'Artista," also on view at the Biennial, is
advertised as consisting of his own feces in jar. (A show devoted to
the latter artist titled "Shit or Gold?" is running at HEART through
June as well.)