3. Maurizio Cattelan
Italian artist based in
NYC; art ranges from
taxidermy to wax
sculptures
First exhibition in 1989
Work often criticizes
different systems of
order
Has received the
reputation of a prankster
Retiring from creating
art-work in Jan. 2012
12. All at the Guggenheim Museum
Exhibition brings together nearly all of the artist’s
work
No wall labels to explain the different pieces of art
Exhibition is purposely disrespectful: work is hung in
the rotunda of the Guggenheim like laundry
Cattelan’s work can not be properly shown chronologically or
collectively.
Exhibition has an undertone of death: it can be
viewed as a mass execution.
