内容简介
ThiscomprehensivemonographdocumentstheworkofMaurizioCattelan,thebest-knownItalianartisttohaveemergedinternationallyinthe1990s.HisworkhasfeaturedinthreeeditionsoftheVeniceBiennale(1993;1997;1999)andinmajorvenuesworldwide,includingTheMuseumofModernArt,NewYork(1998);andtheTateGallery,London(1999).Cattelancreatessculpturesthatmocktheartsystemandeventheartisthimself,withconsiderablewitandaudacity.Pokingfunatarthistory(with,forexample,agiant,Disneyland-typefigureofPabloPicassogreetingvisitorsatNewYork'sMuseumofModernArt),monumentality(withatomb-likemarbleepitaphlistingallthefootballmatcheslostbytheEnglandteam,exhibitedinaprominentLondongallery),hisnativeItaly(inamajorexhibitioncelebratingnewItalianart,Cattelancreatedarugformingamapofhiscountry-inevitablytrampledandsoiledbeneathmuseumvisitors'feet),andoftenmakesfunofhimselfandhisowninabilitytobearesponsible,"serious"artist.Partjester,partaccuserofthecontemporaryartworld,partthief,Cattelanalsoconveysalonelydesperationbehindthehumourandsarcasminhisunconventionalworks.
作者简介
MaurizioCattelanisItaly'sbest-knownyoungartist,anartistwithastronginternationalaudience.Hisgalleriesare:Anthonyd'Offay,London,DeringStreet,LondonW1,(0171)499-4100;MarianGoodman,24W57thStreet,NewYork,NY10019,tel.(212)977-7160,fax5815187;andEmmanuelPerrotin,30rueLouiseWeiss,75013Paris,tel.14216.7979,fax4216.7974.FrancescoBonami(Survey)isArtisticDirectorofthe2003VeniceBiennale.FormerlyManilowSeniorCuratorattheMuseumofContemporaryArt,Chicago,hismanypreviouscuratorialroleshaveincludedManifesta3(Ljubliana,2000).AmericanEditorofFlashArtfrom1990to1997,BonamihasfollowedCattelan'sworkformanyyears,andwroteontheartistincream,PhaidonPress,1998.NancySpector(Interview)isCuratorofContemporaryArtattheSolomonR.GuggenheimMuseuminNewYork.HerexhibitionstherehaveincludedFelixGonzalez-Torres(1995),RobertRauschenberg:Performance(1997)andAndreasSlominski(1999).SpectorisaregularcontributortoArtforum,Parkettandfriezemagazines,andisoneofthe10contributingcuratorstocream3(Phaidon,2003).BarbaraVanderlinden(Focus)isanindependentcuratorwhofoundedanddirectstheindependentexhibitionspaceRoomadeinBrusssels.In1998shewasco-curator(withMariaLindandRobertFleck)ofManifesta2(Luxembourg),theinternationalexhibitionwhichincluded,amongothers,anewworkbyMaurizioCattelan.ForhisArtist'sChoiceCattelanhaschosentwotexts:anextractfromPortnoy'sComplaint(1969),ontheangstandsexualanguishofgrowingup,byAmericannovelistPhilipRoth,winneroftheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward;andsomeexcerptsfrom...OrNotToBe:ACollectionofSuicideNotes(ed.MarcEtkind,1997)ananthologyofrealsuicidemessagesfromtheanonymousandtheworldfamous.MassimilianoGioni(Update)headstheAmericanUSdeskofFlashArtInternationalandisanotedindependentcriticandcurator,recentlynominatedascuratorfortheItalianPavilionforthe2003VeniceBiennale.GioniisalsoMaurizioCattelan'sclosestcollaborator,oftenactingastheartist'sspokesmanandevenstandinginfortheartistashisalter-ego.Author'sResidence:FrancescoBonami:Chicago;NancySpector:NewYork;BarbaraVanderlinden:Brussels
