UK News 27-08-2004 who: German artist Gustav Metzger what: Recreates "work of art" after gallery cleaner throws it in the bin where: Tate Britain, LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: 78 year-old Mr Metzger`s piece, part of an artwork titled `Recreation of the First Public Demonstration of Auto Destructive Art`, was simply "a bin-liner filled with newspaper, cardboard and other bits of discarded paper," says The Times, which explains why the cleaner threw it away. "It wasn’t roped off," admits a Tate insider. "How was she to know what it was supposed to be?” [... more]

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