Good morning Art Lovers 
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1/ Today it will be about a representative of Italian conceptual art - Piero Manzoni … not so “old master” but still good to know something about him. He was an eccentric and an artistic urchin. The artist had crazy ideas. When painting pictures, he used fluorescent paints or cobalt chloride so that the color changed over time or disappeared altogether. He created sculptures using non-obvious materials, such as rabbit fur, glass fiber or cotton.

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2/ During one of the performances, he boiled hard-boiled eggs, marked them with his thumbprint, and then offered them to his viewers. For a private investor, he created 45 sculptures - each was filled with the artist's "breaths". 

However, Manzoni created his most famous and controversial work in 1961. His father, a Lombard nobleman, was not particularly pleased with his son's choice to pursue an artistic path. He reportedly directly told him, "Your job is shit."

4/ The aluminum cans were carefully sealed and labeled (in Italian, English, French and German) with a description of what was inside: Artist shit  / Net content 30 g / Keep fresh / Made and preserved / in May 1961.

5/  What's the lesson from this story? On our way, we often meet people who question our life choices. We artists are sensitive and any remarks affect us like a rag to a bull. Some fall into despair and depression, others destroy their works in a frenzy. 

Often, our loved ones have a problem with accepting our passion and do not understand why we are so stubbornly stuck in poverty instead of going to a normal job. 

It always has been, is and will probably be. But there is nothing to be discouraged and even the deep shit can conjure up the sun because we are artists and the sky is the limit. 

I also recommend an interesting book by Chalumeau J.L., History of Contemporary Art 

Where is my coffee?

3/ Piero Manzoni was not offended by hearing such words from his father's mouth. On the contrary, he treated them as inspiration. He created a work consisting of 90 cans. 
Each of them was filled with ... his own - and as he assured - fresh feces.