Siuwi Tracker
alt

The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan

|

The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan

Status: Released

Runtime: 65

Release Date: 06/12/2016

Origin Language: en

Origin Country: US

Languages:

Production: BBC Studios

Countries:

Budget: 0

Revenue: 0 (0)

Documentary

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?



Reccomendations