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Cattelan, Maurizio (b.1960)

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Name
Cattelan, Maurizio (b.1960)
Nationality
Italian
Biography
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist born in Padua in 1960. He is known for his provocative and often controversial works that challenge the boundaries of art and society. Cattelan began his career as a furniture designer before turning to art in the late 1980s. He gained international recognition in the 1990s with his sculptures of taxidermied animals and hyper-realistic figures, which often had a dark and humorous twist. One of his most famous works is a sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck by a meteorite. Cattelan's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in 2011. Cattelan has been described as a prankster, a provocateur, and a master of the unexpected, and his work continues to challenge and inspire audiences around the world.
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Assets (21 in total)

The Ninth Hour, 1999 (mixed media)
Little Sperms; Spermini, 1997 (fifty three painted latex rubber masks)
Frank and Jamie, 2002 (polyester resin, wax, pigment, human hair, clothing, shoes and accessories)
Untitled, 2000 (Parkett 59), published by Parkett Magazine, New York and Zurich, 2000 (b/w photo)
Untitled, 2009 (polyurenthanic rubber)
Untitled, 1995 (gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium)
The Ninth Hour, 1999 (mixed media)
Hollywood, 2001 (cibachrome print face-mounted on plexiglas)
Untitled, 1998 (chromogenic print face-mounted on plexiglas)
Hollywood, 2001 (cibachrome print face-mounted on Plexiglas)
Maurizio Cattelan's artwork “Charly
Maurizio Cattelan's artwork “La Nona Ora” at the 49th Venice Biennale, 2001 (photo)
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