An updated edition of the definitive monograph on Maurizio
Cattelan--provocateur, prankster and tragic poet of our times
The Guggenheim Museum's sold-out publication Maurizio Cattelan: All is
returning to print. Hailed as a provocateur, prankster and tragic poet
of our times, Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has created some of the most
unforgettable images in contemporary art--most notoriously "The Ninth
Hour" (1999), a sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck by a meteorite.
Derived from popular culture, history and organized religion, Cattelan's
subjects range widely, and his work, while bold and irreverent, is
deadly serious in its scathing cultural critiques.
The second edition of All updates the catalogue that accompanied the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's 2011-12 retrospective survey of the
artist. For this exhibition, Cattelan sidestepped the totalizing effect
of a retrospective by devising a site-specific installation in which his
entire oeuvre was suspended from the oculus of the museum's iconic
rotunda. This book offers an equally unique response to the conventions
of the catalogue. It is a faux-leatherbound hardcover with gold stamping
and thin paper that is designed to resemble an old textbook or bible.
The volume details almost every work of Cattelan's from the late '80s to
the present within a double-column page format, featuring full-color
reproductions and accompanying entries.
The revised edition describes the artist's return to art making after a
five-year "retirement" with a special, ongoing project opening at the
Guggenheim in May 2016. It also features a redesigned cover and
installation images of the exhibition All. Nancy Spector has augmented
her critical overview of Cattelan--which documents not only his artistic
output but also his ongoing activities as a curator, editor and
publisher--with a new coda. Since its original publication, All has
become the Cattelan bible, and this revised edition exploring the latest
chapter of the artist's influential career ensures it will remain the
definitive source on his work for years to come.
