If you wanna see some art or just see some weird shit, get yourself to the Guggenheim. "All" the works of Italian art antagonist (antaginator?) Maurizio Catellan are hanging in the rotunda like a giant mobile. The display is pretty unique. I don't think any other artist has come up with the idea to hang a mess of the their work like that. It's pretty cool
Cattelan first made news in Italy with hanging three versions of children by the neck from trees in a park in Milan. Many people were not amused. You can see the kids hanging here along with life-size horses and some sort of bull with it's horns replaced by motorcycle handlebars. Bull indeed! Then there's this guy with a hood over his head just sitting and hanging out. I kept expecting him to throw off the hood and give the finger to the people looking at the exhibition. Catellan does seem to be into "realistic" life-time versions of animals and people but there are also a lot of versions himself strewn throughout the mix. Interestingly, the depictions of himself are mini-versions. Hmm, wonder what that means!
As you walk up the ramp more and more of Catellan's works come into view. There's also photographs and these weird pigeons standing on a lot of the work. Very life-like! Like I said whether you think it's art or weird shit, check it out!
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th St.)
"All" Maurizio Catellan Retrospective
Until January 22nd, 2012
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