Maurizio Cattelan, Fondation Beyeler, June 8 – October 6
Early last year, as a retrospective of works by Maurizio Cattelan was being shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the famous Italian artist announced his retirement. It now seems that this announcement by one of the contemporary art scene's most notorious hooligans was a bit premature. In any case, the latest exhibition (though admittedly also a retrospective) at the Fondation Beyeler indicates that Cattelan is not quite ready to depart from the arts scene just yet.
The son of a truck driver and a cleaning woman, Cattelan was born in Padova in 1960 and started making a name for himself during the late 1980s. A die-hard anarchist, Cattelan is known for creating controversial artworks and for his seeming lack of respect for authority. His most scandalous work is La Nona Ora (The Ninth Hour, 1999), which depicts Pope John Paul II being struck down by a meteorite. Initially displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the sculpture was subsequently put on display at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. As a result of the outcry that arose from this and other controversial exhibitions at the Polish gallery, its director Anda Rottenberg eventually resigned from her post.
Fondation Beyeler
Baselstrasse 101
Riehen, Basel
www.fondationbeyeler.ch
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