art's birthday concrete block drop
17jan2011 - concrete blocks, pavers, cord, washer, tripod, (birthday) candle

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An annual event, 'Art's Birthday' was first proposed in 1963 by the artist Robert Filliou. He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. One day, the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born when, according to Filliou, someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water.


pigeon song for art's birthday 2010
sculpture for art's birthday 2009
sculpture for art's birthday 2008
sculpture for art's birthday 2007



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