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et al., 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett, 3 East St

et al., i am the direct source of truth, 2023, Installation view, Michael Lett

et al., i am the direct source of truth, 2023, Installation view, Michael Lett

et al., MB in conversation with AB, 2005-2022 (amended 2022), metal trolley on wheels, board, house-paint, pencil, clamp, Minerva Betts photographs, printed book pages, fibre- based enamel paint, 1505 x 960 x 600mm

et al., MB in conversation with AB, 2005-2022 (amended 2022), metal trolley on wheels, board, house-paint, pencil, clamp, Minerva Betts photographs, printed book pages, fibre- based enamel paint, 1505 x 960 x 600mm

The Estate of L. Budd (recto) et al. (verso), foe destroyer, Amended 2023, house-paint, oil stick, pencil on roller blind and work lamp, 1270 x 1030mm

et al., salt, 2021, acrylic paint, pencil, oil stick, blind, luiquitex, adhesive, 260 x 1160mm, Verso: Estate of L Budd
UIC 50511.312-28, date not known

et al., boundary lines, 2018, installation view, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

Samuel Holloway et al. upright piano, 2013, installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2017

et al., the common good_Camp of faith, 2015, hand annotated custom framed black and white photograph, 490 x 670 mm

et al., many to many, 2013, roller chairs, signage, metal tubing, sandbags, helium balloons, Swiss balls, particle board. Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., de_cryption, 2013 Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., de_cryption, 2013 Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., trans_cryption, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

et al., trans_cryption, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice – regroup, reorder, restore!, 2007 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice – regroup, reorder, restore!, 2007 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice, 2005 Installation view, 51st Venice Biennale

et al., the fundamental practice, 2005 Installation view, 51st Venice Biennale

et al., i am the direct source of truth, 2023, Installation view, Michael Lett

et al., MB in conversation with AB, 2005-2022 (amended 2022), metal trolley on wheels, board, house-paint, pencil, clamp, Minerva Betts photographs, printed book pages, fibre- based enamel paint, 1505 x 960 x 600mm

The Estate of L. Budd (recto) et al. (verso), foe destroyer, Amended 2023, house-paint, oil stick, pencil on roller blind and work lamp, 1270 x 1030mm

et al., boundary lines, 2018, installation view, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

et al., the common good_Camp of faith, 2015, hand annotated custom framed black and white photograph, 490 x 670 mm

et al., de_cryption, 2013 Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., trans_cryption, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice – regroup, reorder, restore!, 2007 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice, 2005 Installation view, 51st Venice Biennale

et al.

In 2001 the artist working under the pseudonym L. Budd resigned, re-signing thereafter simply as “et al.” meaning “and others”. While L. Budd had been an inclusive signature throughout the late 1990s often signing as “L. Budd et al.”, hinting at the collaborative of unnamed parties, this was nonetheless a new beginning, a birth with an implicit end. Not the death of the author but the death of the individual signatory, and the emergence of a new collective framework, also anonymous.

– Natasha Conland

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et al., 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett, 3 East St

et al., i am the direct source of truth, 2023, Installation view, Michael Lett

et al., i am the direct source of truth, 2023, Installation view, Michael Lett

et al., MB in conversation with AB, 2005-2022 (amended 2022), metal trolley on wheels, board, house-paint, pencil, clamp, Minerva Betts photographs, printed book pages, fibre- based enamel paint, 1505 x 960 x 600mm

et al., MB in conversation with AB, 2005-2022 (amended 2022), metal trolley on wheels, board, house-paint, pencil, clamp, Minerva Betts photographs, printed book pages, fibre- based enamel paint, 1505 x 960 x 600mm

The Estate of L. Budd (recto) et al. (verso), foe destroyer, Amended 2023, house-paint, oil stick, pencil on roller blind and work lamp, 1270 x 1030mm

et al., salt, 2021, acrylic paint, pencil, oil stick, blind, luiquitex, adhesive, 260 x 1160mm, Verso: Estate of L Budd UIC 50511.312-28, date not known

et al., boundary lines, 2018, installation view, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

Samuel Holloway et al. upright piano, 2013, installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2017

et al., the common good_Camp of faith, 2015, hand annotated custom framed black and white photograph, 490 x 670 mm

et al., many to many, 2013, roller chairs, signage, metal tubing, sandbags, helium balloons, Swiss balls, particle board. Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., de_cryption, 2013 Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., de_cryption, 2013 Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

et al., trans_cryption, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

et al., trans_cryption, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice – regroup, reorder, restore!, 2007 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice – regroup, reorder, restore!, 2007 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

et al., the fundamental practice, 2005 Installation view, 51st Venice Biennale

et al., the fundamental practice, 2005 Installation view, 51st Venice Biennale