The artist Maurizio Cattelan is, shall we say, a rather unique individual. His pieces have covered subjects as far-ranging and bizarre as a hundred-foot house cat skeleton, a suicidal squirrel, and Hitler. Cattelan has a quirky sense of humor, which is represented quite extensively in his art pieces.
Cattelan’s pieces are quite humorous. The only problem with this is the question of how to display the items in the Guggenheim Museum, where the Cattelan exhibit is due to open shortly. Displaying them in the conventional manner doesn’t seem like a good idea– I can’t imagine browsing through a gallery full of the bizarre, humorous pieces as if they were classical art, with a neat little plaque beside each pieces, bearing the name and perhaps a short description. It just seems backwards.
Cattelan felt the same way. He half-jokingly suggested that his pieces be hung from the ceiling of the famous Guggenheim rotunda, and, surprisingly, the museum agreed to try it. The Cattelan exhibit will consist of over a hundred pieces of art, suspended from the ceiling by cables.
This may be the single most bizarre–albeit interesting– art exhibits I have ever heard of.
The Guggenheim remains one of the most well-known and iconic of museums. What a wonderful surprise to see such a uniquely re-imagined perspective. There have been a number of artists who have re-imagined how to “use” the rotunda and the ramps (there was a “happening” that included nearly 100 trombones positioned along the ramp a while back. The art work hanging in space should be very cool. I recommend a visit. Here is a link to the trombone article.
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