“Piero Manzoni was an Italian artist who died at the age of 29 in 1963. But before he went he got some excrement - his own - and put it in a tin can. ‘Excellent!’ he said, in Italian, ‘I think I’ll call it Merda d’artista!’

this dude made warhol look normal. basically he was a prankster and pooped in a couple soup cans and sealed them all. they went for crazy money. the catch all is the buyer didnt know if they bought one with his poop in it or not. and if they opened them to find out they were worthless either way. what a commentary on the inflated value of art!



http://www.poopaltar.com/2007/02/the_poop_artist.html