 Untitled, 2004 (Mixed media, lifesize) Photo by: Attilio Maranzano Courtesy: Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan Maurizio Cattelan Now After showing his work in 1994 in "L'Hiver de L'Amour" (1994) and in "Delta" (1997-98) at the Musee D'art Moderne De La Ville De Paris / ARC, Maurizio Cattelan presents for his first one person show in a Parisian institution, a new project titled "Now". For more than 10 years Maurizio Cattelan has produced illusory realities and alternative universes in which rules are subverted and unconventional strategies applied. Confronting malaise and rupture in today's society with the tools of dark humor and straight fiction, Cattelan's work traces the borders of new territories of possible freedoms. Cattelan's "Now" addresses the issue of unresolved power, as it depicts a historical icon in a moment of loss. Cathartic ceremony, "Now" is also a requiem for a dream: it freezes the end of democracy, while capturing a splinter of unfinished history. As always, Cattelan himself refuses to take any fixed moral or ideological position about his own work, dealing instead with reality in all its complexities and contradictions. As all of Cattelan's projects, "Now" is first and foremost an image which mirrors our hysterias and fears, as it turns into a receptacle of anxieties and a medium of communication. This project takes also place in the program of "Nuit Blanche" 2004. Exposition: 1.10. - 30.10.2004 Horaires d'ouverture: mardi au dimanche de 10 heures à 17 heures 30 Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 11, avenue du Président Wilson F-75116 Paris Téléphone +33 1 53 67 40 00 Email lesamis@samamvp.com www.paris.fr/musees/MAMVP/ |
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