CROWDER, Al

Crowder was a radio personality who invented the imaginary company Orville K. Snav and Associates and its line of BunaBs. Each BunaB was actually an example of primitive Conceptual Art. Conceived as a form of humor (which is the most conceptual art can hope for), these BunaBs were generally small pieces of machinery that Crowder/Snav distributed with arcane and ridiculous instructions and warranties. The most famous BunaB (produced in an edition of 40,000) was two pieces of wire taped...