Photograph on paper
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Appropriation 2
Lent from a private collection 2000
actions: processes and functions
adults
architecture
carrying / holding
crate
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
man
objects
people
photographic
public and municipal
shop
shopkeeper
trading and commercial
vessels and containers
work and occupations
<p>This group of stills is from a video piece by Michael Landy called <i>Appropriations</i>, which shows high street grocers setting up their stalls for the day, using plastic crates ‘borrowed’ from bread manufacturers or dairies as platforms for their goods. Following the systematic nature of each protagonist’s routine, the work focuses on the rituals imposed by labour. Landy draws attention to an economy that relies upon an act of appropriation and re-use. It is a practice that is recognised and repeated throughout the world.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2010</em></p>
paper print photograph
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Loan-out
Appropriation 2
image: 290 × 380 mm
Lent from a private collection 2000
<p>This group of stills is from a video piece by Michael Landy called <i>Appropriations</i>, which shows high street grocers setting up their stalls for the day, using plastic crates ‘borrowed’ from bread manufacturers or dairies as platforms for their goods. Following the systematic nature of each protagonist’s routine, the work focuses on the rituals imposed by labour. Landy draws attention to an economy that relies upon an act of appropriation and re-use. It is a practice that is recognised and repeated throughout the world. 
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2010-02-18T00:00:00
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actions: processes and functions adults architecture carrying / holding crate emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities man objects people photographic public and municipal shop shopkeeper trading and commercial vessels and containers work and occupations