Maurizio Cattelan: Do you need to humanize evil, Mr. Cattelan? | EUROtoday
He is a world star of artwork – and a non secular provocateur. Now Maurizio Cattelan is designing the Vatican pavilion on the Venice Biennale. For the Italian it’s a matter of the guts.
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The Venice Art Biennale begins this Saturday. For the third time after 2013 and 2015, the Vatican can also be collaborating with a pavilion. The Holy See has additionally employed the Italian Maurizio Cattelan, one of many best-known up to date artists on the planet. In the previous, the 63-year-old Cattelan has attracted consideration with provocative works, corresponding to a wax determine of John Paul II who was hit by a meteorite. Cattelan hardly ever offers interviews and truly solely offers them in writing. For Christ&Welt, he made an exception in view of the abundance of questions submitted (“Is this a joke?”) and answered questions on the cellphone. The interview was partly performed on a bicycle. With the cellphone in hand, Cattelan was on his strategy to Duomo Square in Milan. His remark: “I'm risking my life for you right now.”
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