Representative work by Maurizio Cattelan
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Artist

Maurizio Cattelan

b. 1960, Padua, Italy · Italian · Based in Milan, Italy & New York, USA

  • Self-taught conceptual sculptor and prankster
  • Hyperrealistic Wax Sculpture
  • Taxidermy
  • Subversive Interventions
  • Toilet Sculpture

Maurizio Cattelan creates sculptures and installations that use humor, provocation and absurdity to examine authority, religion, death and the art system itself. Hyperreal figures and simple gestures often become cultural events far beyond their original exhibitions.

Sculpture; installation

Gallery Representation

Objects

Major Works

  • 1999La Nona Ora
  • 2001Him
  • 1997Novecento
  • 1996Bidibidobidiboo
  • 1998Untitled (Picasso)
  • 2016America
  • 2019Comedian
  • 2008Daddy, Daddy
  • 2007All
  • 1996The Ballad of Trotsky

Museums & Public Collections

Interviews & Writing