Compulsory Obsolescence

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 100 Parliament Street

Michael Landy was born in East London. After training at Loughton and Loughborough colleges of art, he studied at Goldsmiths College, London, from 1985–88. In his final year, he participated in the infamous exhibition, Freeze, that launched the careers of many of the ‘Young British Artists’, including Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Gary Hume. Landy continues to exhibit his work in solo and group shows. In 2004 Semi-Detached, a monumental installation featuring a replica of Landy’s parent’s house was commissioned by Tate Britain and displayed in the central sculpture galleries. For Art Bin in 2010, Landy installed a transparent giant skip in South London Gallery and invited artists to come and dispose of their work.

Places

Subjects

newspaper, map (as Subject), self-portrait, conceptual art, satire, text-based work, shopping, advertising, razor, Queen, social commentary

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), ink, Ink drawing

Artist

Michael Landy (1963 - )

Title

Compulsory Obsolescence

Date

2002

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 70.00 cm, width: 99.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the artist, March 2002

Provenance

the artist

GAC number

17654