February 10-24, 2001: 25 years ago
An abandoned C&A store at Oxfold Street in London houses all personal belongings of Michael Landy, who became known as one of the Young British Artists.
The collection includes art works by himself and others like Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Cary Hume and Chris Ofili.
All objects, ranging from a a car to a loose stamp, are carefully numbered and described. The list contains 7227 numbers and took three years to compile.
Between the 10th until the 24th of February, all objects are publicly destroyed by Landy and a few assistants. Some of his art collegeas object to the destruction of their work.
(From: Harry Ruhé, ‘Shame & Scandal. The Taboo in the Arts’, Amsterdam, 2012)
