The Squid stories: Nr°29 - image of the day

Nr°29 - image of the day

Artist Maurizio Cattelan exposition at Fondation Beyler Switserland horses with head in the wall

Photo: axel schneider, courtesy maurizio cattelan's archive

I saw my first 'Cattelan' in 2000, at the magnificent art show " The horror and beauty of contemporary art" in the the Royal Academy in London. http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2000/09/28/27501.html

His work " Pope stroke by a meteorite" was funny, intriguing and a statement for sure. I knew from that moment I was going to find out more about Cattelans' critical but always humorous work.

He turned out to be one of the most discussed artists in the art world. I could have known.

Et alors, as he is exhibiting in Swiss and this image again is as memorable as can be, he made it The Squid Stories 'Image of the day'. Find out if you recognize Cattelans' signature drivers: the paradoxes in society and it's alienation, as well as the individuals’ struggle to find a place in this mentioned society.

Cattelan already presented some single hanging horses in the past, making poetic statements on loneliness. But these five look like they escaped or run away from something. An act of survival towards something better? Wonder what the horses see at the other side of the wall? Me too.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN JUNE 8 - OCTOBER 6, 2013

https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/maurizio-cattelan/introduction

Artist Maurizio Cattelan exposition at Fondation Beyler Switserland horses with head in the wall

Photo: axel schneider, courtesy maurizio cattelan's archive

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