Maurizio CattelanHe desecrated museums with his exhibitions of embalmed horses and dogs; he filled ancient frescoed rooms with mounds of soil topped with an olive tree; he made the spectators shiver at the 47th Venice Biennale, covering a fakir under a thick blanket of soil so that only the hands, joined in prayer, were visible. Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960) is considered one of the most provocative artists on the international art scene. His black-humored and cynical works, characterized by the language of tragi-comedy and sacrilege, have always baffled and even disturbed spectators. This book documents his career to date. |
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Accademia Carrara Alessandro Dorna Amsterdam Anthony D'Offay Aperto 93 Art Museum Biennale di Venezia Bonami capc Musée d'art Castello di Rivoli city Civica d'Arte Moderna Consortium Contemporary Art Courtesy created Daolio determined by space Dijon dimensioni determinate dall'ambiente dimensions determined Emmanuel Perrotin ENGLAND & WALES ENGLAND 2-1 ENGLAND ENGLAND 2-1 SCOTLAND ENGLAND SCOTLAND Enzo Cucchi Ettore Spalletti exhibited exhibition Flash Art International Galleria Civica d'Arte Galleria Massimo Germano Celant group HUNGARY installed IRELAND ITALY Kunsthalle l'artista l'opera latex life London made Massimo De Carlo Maurizio Cattelan Milano Modern Art Münster Musée d'Art Contemporain Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Museum of Modern New York Paris participated project Purple Prose ready-made reality realizzare relationship Rian Rivara Rivoli Museo d'Arte Rivoli-Torino Roberto Daolio room SCOTLAND 2-3 SCOTLAND v ENGLAND show soccer sull'artista/on the artist Szeemann testi/texts three time titolo Untitled transformed Venice Biennale Verzotti Vettese wall WEST GERMANY Westfälisches Landesmuseum Wiener Secession works