MAURIZIO CATTELAN

Untitled, 1995
gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminum
49 1/4 x 74 3/4 in. (125.1 x 189.9 cm)

MAURIZIO CATTELAN

Daddy Daddy, 2008
polyurethane resin, steel, and industrial epoxy car paint with UV protection
43 x 38 x 15 in. (109.2 x 96.5 x 38.1 cm)

MAURIZIO CATTELAN

Turisti, 1997
Ten taxidermied pigeons.  Lifesize, dimensions vary with installation

MAURIZIO CATTELAN

Tié, 1995
Ceramic and metal.  3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm (1 1/8 × 5/8 × 5/8 in). 

“I am not really sure satire is the key to my work. Comedians manipulate and make fun of reality, whereas I actually think that reality is more provocative than my art. You should walk on the street and see real beggars not my fake ones. You should witness a real skinhead rally. I just take it; I’m always borrowing pieces – crumbs really – of everyday reality. If you think my work is very provocative, it means that reality is extremely provocative, and we just don’t react to it. Maybe we no longer pay attention to the way we live in the world. We are increasingly … how do you say, ‘don’t feel any pain’… we are anaesthetized.”

(The artist, in conversation with Nancy Spector, in F. Bonami, N. Spector and B. Vanderlinden, eds., Maurizio Cattelan, London: Phaidon, 2003, p. 17)

Maurizio Cattelan: “Frank and Jamie”, 2002, geschätzt auf 1.000.000 – 1.500.000 US-Dollar (Courtesy Phillips de Pury & Company)