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Thirty-second series: Looting London (A Mudlark along the Thames), ed. 10
As you know from my tweeting I traveled to London recently. We visited the British Museum with all the great Mesopotamia, Egyptian, Roman works and more. And of course they have the great Parthenon Marbles pillaged from Greece in the 1800s – quite the controversial objects. Well in that spirit I decided to gather a few artifacts of my own. While I was visiting the TATE Modern off the new Millennium Bridge I saw a silver ladder descending to the Thames beach. I went down and began gathering 17th to the 19th century pottery sherds and pipe stems on the shore which I then spirited all back to America. I was feeling rather proud of myself until I discovered that this is called “mudlarking” and just everyone does it. I guess I am no Lord Elgin. This little series consists of a 3 x 3 x ½ inch clear plastic box, sand, a potsherd or pipe stem, a transparent picture of the Millennium Bridge and Saint Paul's in the background and the usual ART sticker and label with the title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. These works, in contrast to the SAINTS or MONSTERS should not be opened as the sand will spill out. They will be placed on April 24 in New York.
Did you see one? Tell me!