Maurizio Cattelan
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Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian visual artist. Known primarily for his hyperrealistic sculptures and installations, Cattelan's practice also includes curating and publishing. His satirical approach to
Self-portrait in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2009
La Nona Ora (1999)
Him by Maurizio Cattelan, depicting Adolf Hitler kneeling in prayer, exhibited in a courtyard in the former Warsaw Ghetto
Untitled (2001) at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands
America (Cattelan)
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America was a sculpture created in 2016 by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. An example of satirical participatory art, it was a fully functioning toilet made of 103 kg of 18-karat solid gold.
Maurizio Cattelan
…for many years. In 2011, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City presented a retrospective of his work. Some of Cattelan's better-known works include America, consisting of a solid gold toilet; La Nona Ora, a sculpture depicting a fallen Pope John Paul II who has been hit by a meteorite; and Comedian, a fresh…
America at the Guggenheim Museum in 2017
Marcel Duchamp's 1917 sculpture Fountain
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