Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Homage to Cattelan

February 22, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Ingrid Sischy sings the praises of Maurizio Cattelan and his new show in Houston’s de Menil Collection:

Viewers of Cattelan’s show should expect to be caught off guard because pieces will be placed in surprising spots throughout the museum. That’s the kind of quick-witted, well-executed “art about art” gesture that has sometimes led Cattelan to be typed as an art clown or art philosopher or art cynic. He’s all that—and more. Ironic, melancholic, and anthropological, his work doesn’t fit into some neat slot. His sculptures and other works can make one laugh (his actual Italian dealer taped to the gallery wall), gasp (another real, breathing man buried alive, his hands coming out of the earth in prayer), freak (a wax Adolf Hitler shrunk down to the size of a small boy), and even duck (a wax Pope John Paul II crushed by a meteorite).

Irony Man (Vanity Fair)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • The Talented Mr. CattelanThe Talented Mr. Cattelan
  • Hanging Cattelan’s CollectorsHanging Cattelan’s Collectors
  • London 19th Century Art = £15.97mLondon 19th Century Art = £15.97m
  • 45,000 US Arts Orgs in Red45,000 US Arts Orgs in Red
  • Where’s Christie’s ‘Curated Sale’ This Season? It’s Gone Private and Moved to AsiaWhere’s Christie’s ‘Curated Sale’ This Season? It’s Gone Private and Moved to Asia
  • Christie’s Scores a Second Malevich for JuneChristie’s Scores a Second Malevich for June

Filed Under: Artists Tagged With: Maurizio Cattelan

About Marion Maneker

LiveArt

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor