Maurizio Cattelan
dal 5/6/2010 al 28/9/2010
Segnalato da
5/6/2010
Maurizio Cattelan
Slaughterhouse, Hydra Island
A new sculptural gesture by the irreverent Italian artist. Continuing the artist's infatuation with funerary iconography, Cattelan's new work is a mysterious self-portrait which, when installed in the Slaughterhouse space, takes on an even more disturbing character. On this occasion is also launches the first issue of Toilet Paper, a new magazine directed by Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari.
In 2009 the DESTE Foundation
inaugurated a project space on the
island of Hydra in the Saronic Gulf, with
Blood of Two, a joint collaboration
between Matthew Barney & Elizabeth
Peyton. Located in the island’s former
slaughterhouse, DESTE’s Project Space
provides a hyper-charged, unusual
exhibition environment where site-specific presentations, special interventions and focused displays of
individual artworks take place.
This year the Slaughterhouse hosts the European premiere of Maurizio Cattelan’s WE, a new sculptural
gesture by the irreverent Italian artist. Continuing the artist’s infatuation with funerary iconography,
Cattelan’s new work is a mysterious
self-portrait which, when installed in
the Slaughterhouse space, takes on
an even more disturbing character.
On the occasion of Cattelan’s
presentation at the Slaughterhouse,
the DESTE Foundation also launches
the first issue of Toilet Paper, a new
magazine directed by Maurizio
Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo
Ferrari. Following in the wake of Cattelan’s cult publication Permanent Food, Toilet Paper is a new
generation magazine that combines commercial photography, twisted narratives and surrealistic
imaginary to create a series of powerful visual tableaux.
The first three issues of Toilet Paper are powered by the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art as a
satellite project of Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibition.
More informations:
Natasha Polymeropoulos tel:+30 210 2758490 fax:+30 210 2754862 natpolymeropoulos@deste.gr & djcf@otenet.gr
Slaughterhouse - DESTE Foundation Project Space
island of Hydra Greece
Opening Hours:
Monday - Sunday 11:00-13:00 & 19:00-22:00
Tuesday closed
Extended Opening Hours from June 19th to June 26th, 2010: 11:00-22:00