The Art Bin was a scheme run by English artist Michael Landy

Michael Landy

Michael Landy RA is one of the Young British Artists . He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down , in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008 Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in...

 at the South London Gallery

South London Gallery

South London Gallery, founded 1891, often known by the acronym SLG, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London - exhibiting artists included Alfredo Jaar, Ryan Gander and Chris Burden...

 in Peckham

Peckham

Peckham is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Southwark. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...

, London

London

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 which ran for six weeks through February and March 2010. Landy had a large transparent skip installed at the gallery, into which he invited the public to throw art work with which they were dissatisfied.

Landy's idea was to provide somewhere for people to dispose of works of art they were dissatisfied with. He opened the event by throwing in several of his own works as well as others given by fellow artists including Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...

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