Bread & Work! is a work by the British

United Kingdom

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 artist and sculptor Baldrick Buckle

Baldrick Buckle

Baldrick Buckle is a British-born artist and sculptor. His ownership of an apartment and studio in the Bijlmer district of Amsterdam means he often is considered to be a rising star of the Dutch art scene, though his itinerant nature makes this association less straightforward than it is sometimes...

. It was exhibited at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 in 2007. It consisted of 2,600 loaves of unsliced and unpackaged bread. Although Buckle was relatively unknown at the time, the work gained significant popularity among both the art community and general public, which led to an article being published in De Telegraaf

De Telegraaf

De Telegraaf is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper, with a daily circulation of approximately . De Telegraaf is based in Amsterdam...

, a Dutch national newspaper. This article proved to be a significant development in his early career and led directly to his (ultimately unsuccessful) relocation to New York.