Bill Drummond's investigation into the meaning and value of one art item.
Major PR campaign at the time of publication.
Celebrated musician and artist Bill Drummond turns his
attention to the world of modern art. Several years ago,
he bought a photograph by the artist Richard Long for
$20,000. After owning it for some time, he decided to cut
it up into 20,000 individual pieces, and then sell them off at
a dollar a piece. By the time $20,000 is published in March
2010, Drummond will have sold all 20,000 pieces, and will
announce at the Spring 2010 Affordable Art Fair how his
relationship to the work of Richard Long, and to the whole
canon of modern art, has been shaped by this process. This
book tells the whole story of Drummond’s relationship with
modern art in a typically fascinating and discursive way.
In his numerous musical incarnations - as manager of Echo
& The Bunnymen, as co-founder of the multi-million-
selling band The KLF etc - Drummond has combined global
success with a fiercely independent slant. As an artist his
work, over the past thirty years, has examined the cultural
landscape through a diverse array of forms. Bill Drumond
lives in London.
Details
- ISBN 9781905636846
- Published 25th March 2010
- Format: B Format Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: £8.99
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