Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/09/15/you-should-invest-in-a-can-of.html
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The only thing this proves is that rich people are idiots who don’t know anything about art.
So more power to artists who take advantage of them, to be honest.
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Remember: not all cans of shit go up in value. Some do go down.
Also Manzoni’s cans are a headache for museum preservationists who have multiple reasons for keeping the damned things in pristine condition.
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The next step is for someone to secretly open one of the cans and substitute the contents with something of equivalent weight. (Something symbolic, of course – shredded tax returns, maybe.) Then, both the original contents and the doctored tin** will become even more valuable artworks in their own right. Wealth creation!
** “Or is it really doctored? We’d have to open it to find out! It’s a mystery!”
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Not likely that these people are being fleeced. More often than not art collecting is an easy way to launder money or move money around without raising suspicions. Which is a pretty common occurrence and is why you see stupid art pieces sell for preposterous amounts.
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that can… that jar. nope.
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It was easier to pass before it was in the can.
I’ll show myself out now.
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So someone got there long before Apple.
The old half joke about how Steve Jobs could crap in a box and hardcore Apple fanboys would buy it looks even less jokey now. That’d be super collectible - but how do you deal with not being able to buy a new model every year?
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Or see the Adam Ruins bit.
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And then there’s this guy, who sculpts self portrait busts in his own blood. One of these very expensive pieces came to a “sticky” end;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2093053.stm
OMG! How could you ever tell that from the original?
Apparently it’s not even shit. He admitted in a later interview that the whole shitting part became too laborious so most of the tins contain plaster. (can’t be bothered to find the source righ tnow.)
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Don’t buy it. After more than 50 years, it’s probably gone bad.
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Just saying, Celebrity Fecal Transplants.
And to think, I just flush my wealth down the toilet
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Someone really had to use “the can”…
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I’m more interested in complex artist’s shit based derivatives.
