Cyprien Gaillard: The Recovery of Discovery

Date
26 May 2011

I’m going for either “bacchanalian conceptual art” or simply “beer pyramid” to introduce The Recovery of Discovery, regardless, I wish I was at the private view. Cyprien Gaillard transported the beer from Turkey to Germany (and into the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin) forming a minimalist monument that could only truly be realised through its own (alcohol-induced) destruction.

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Bryony Quinn

Bryony was It’s Nice That’s first ever intern and worked her way up to assistant online editor before moving on to pursue other interests in the summer of 2012.

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