Yes!
Maurizio Cattelan
2019
Maurizio Cattelan (b 1960) considers himself an art worker, not an artist, as he has no formal art education. In the art world, his status as a jester has allowed him to engage in questioning entrenched norms and hierarchies. Humor and horror often meet in Cattelan's work, for example, in his 1999 artwork La Nona Hora, a life-like sculpture of Pope John Paul II is lying on the floor after being struck by a meteorite. The artist's 2008 artwork Daddy, Daddy depicts Pinocchio floating face down in a fountain at the New York Guggenheim Museum, can also be disturbing. Current artwork, Yes!, is a porcelain light bulb - self-portrait depicting Cattelan himself.
Maurizio Cattelan (s 1960) peab ennast kunstitöötajaks, mitte kunstnikuks kuna tal puudub ametlik kunstiharidus. Kunstimaailmas on tema narri staatus võimaldanud tal tegeleda juurdunud normide ja hierarhiate küsimuse alla seadmisega. Sageli kohtuvad Cattelani loomingus huumor ja õudus, näiteks 1999. aasta teos “La Nona Hora” on elutruu paavst Johannes Paulus II põrandal lamav meteoriidiga pihta saanud skulptuur. Häirivalt võib mõjuda ka kunstniku 2008. aasta teos “Daddy, Daddy”, mis kujutab Pinocchiot, kes hulbib nägu allapoole Guggenheimi New Yorgi muuseumi purskkaevus. Antud teos “Yes!” on portselanist lambipirn-autoportree kujutades Cattelani ennast.
