Film
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
2016 · 1h 5m · Documentary
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Overview
One of the most provocative and elusive figures in contemporary art finds himself the subject of Maura Axelrod's film. Catapulted to worldwide notoriety in 1999 by The Ninth Hour, a sculpture of Pope John Paul II toppled by a meteorite, Maurizio Cattelan's work has bordered on criminal activity (breaking into a gallery and stealing another artist's work) and regularly defies good taste - Him features Hitler in prayer and sold earlier this year for a whopping £12,000,000. Building his career on evasion, trickery and subversion, Cattelan is perhaps not the most reliable of interviewees, but ex-girlfriends, family members, collectors and dealers build a compelling and intimate portrait of an enigmatic figure. Bold, witty and playful as a Cattelan work itself, is this film really all it seems?
Cast
Crew
- Maura AxelrodDirector
Details
- Release date
- December 6, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Documentary
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