Maurizio Cattelan: Supercontemporanea (E): v. 1 (Supercontemporanea S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8837043597 ISBN 13: 9788837043599

Publisher: Mondadori Electa, 2006

Synopsis

This comprehensive monograph documents the work of Maurizio Cattelan, the best-known Italian artist to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. His work has featured in three editions of the Venice Biennale (1993; 1997; 1999) and in major venues worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1998); and the Tate Gallery, London (1999). Cattelan creates sculptures that mock the art system and even the artist himself, with considerable wit and audacity. Poking fun at art history (with, for example, a giant, Disneyland-type figure of Pablo Picasso greeting visitors at New York's Museum of Modern Art), monumentality (with a tomb-like, marble epitaph listing all the football matches lost by the England team, exhibited in a prominent London gallery), his native Italy (in a major exhibition celebrating new Italian art, Cattelan created a rug forming a map of his country -inevitably trampled and soiled beneath museum visitors' feet), and often makes fun of himself and his own inabil

About this title

Review:

"Quite possibly i-D’s favourite Italian artists since Caravaggio, Maurizio Cattelan’s one and only monograph is released this month in a new updated mini-format edition. And before you can scream ‘cheap pocket-sized cash in’, the size of the book itself has been conceived by Cattelan himself as a sculpture in itself: an extension of his ongoing work playing with the conventions of scale... An essential – and unobtrusive – addition to your art collection, let alone your book collection."―i-D

"[...] Phaidon have put within reach the complete works of Maurizio Cattelan."―b-guided

"This book is a truly superb production. It should be enjoyed by everyone interested in contemporary art or just puzzled by the seeming obscurities of Postmodernism."―World of Interiors

On the Contemporary Artists Series

"The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about."―Artforum

"The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art."―Time Out

"A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists."―The Sunday Times

"Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment."―The Art Book

About the Author:

Francesco Bonami is Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, as well as Artistic Director of the Fondazione Sandretto ReRebaudengo per l'Arte in Turin, Fondazione Pitti Discovery in Florence and the Centro di Arte Contemporanea Villa Manin. He was the director of the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) and Co-Curator of Manifesta 3 (2000).

Nancy Spector is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York. Her exhibitions there have included 'Felix Gonzalez-Torres' (1995), 'Robert Rauschenberg: Performance' (1997) and 'Andreas Slominski' (1999). Spector is a regular contributor to Artforum, Parkett and Frieze.

Barbara Vanderlinden (Focus) is an independent curator who founded and directs the independent exhibition space 'Roomade' in Brusssels. In 1998 she co-curatored of Manifesta 2 (Luxembourg, 1998), which included a new work by Maurizio Cattelan.

Massimiliano Gioni is Curator of Fondazione Trussardi, Milan, and a founding Director of The Wrong Gallery, New York. He has co-curated such international exhibitions as Manifesta 5 (San Sebastian, 2004) and the 4th Berlin Biennial (2006).

About this edition

• Publisher: Mondadori Electa
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 8837043597
• ISBN 13: 9788837043599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108
• Editor: Bonami Francesco