In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni undertook a shocking artistic experiment by filling his poop into small cans marked with numbers and signatures to create a series of works titled Artist's. Each can is tightly sealed and ready to be sold at the market price of gold, which fluctuates up and down each year. This artistic act sparked widespread controversy and discussion.
The idea of tying feces to the gold price is simply bizarre, but in fact, Piero Manzoni is not the first person to bring feces into the art world, as early as the early 20th century Duchamp signed the urine pot and sent it to the exhibition. This is also the world-famous "Spring". Although there are similar precedents, such a thing feels incredible no matter how you think about it.
In fact, however, even more outrageous came the fact that, despite the controversy of these works, they achieved some success in the market. In 2007, at the Sotheby's auction in Milan, Italy, "Artist's", numbered No. 18, was auctioned for 124,000 euros, equivalent to more than 1.5 million yuan at that time. This high price makes each gram of feces worth much more than gold.
Piero's work challenged the aesthetic and moral notions of the art world, and he himself said that the 90 cans of poop he made were to express his irony and resentment at the art market, which was a mocking attitude, and he decided to express mockery as an art form, and "Artist's" was born. People seem to recognize this mocking attitude and give it in the form of money. This is really ironic. But that's how humans are able to treat themselves, question themselves, and even condemn themselves. Of course, Piero Manzoni's "Artist's" is still an extreme artistic act, and its controversial and deviant characteristics cannot be ignored.
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