Klash! Art in ActionPiero Manzoni's Merda di Artista

In May 1961, the artist Piero Manzoni creates his most famous and successful artwork in Milan: Merda d'Artista. It consists of 90 tin cans, each allegedly containing 30 grams of the artist's excrement. These cans are weighed and priced to match the value of gold at the time of production.

Production

  • APRES Production

  • URUBU Films

  • Manifeste!

Author

Frank Perrin

Artistic director

  • Frank Perrin

  • Gilles Coudert

  • François Combin

Country

France

Year

2022

Duration

3 min

Available

From 20/07/2023 to 28/07/2025

Genre

Documentaries and Reportage

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