Maurizio Cattelan Middle Finger Statue Sparks Row in Milan
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The 36ft (11m) high installation, called L.O.V.E. and unveiled for the first time in Milan, is part of a retrospective dedicated to the Italian contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan, whose provocative works include a sculpture of Pope John Paul being hit by a meteorite.
“(Cattelan’s works) call our times into question, offering themselves as a mirror, however cracked, of our present,” said Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, Milan’s commissioner for culture.
Cattelan drew protests in Milan in 2004 with his installation of three baby puppets hung on the branch of an old tree. A protester sawed off the branch and the work was eventually removed.
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“(Cattelan’s works) call our times into question, offering themselves as a mirror, however cracked, of our present,” said Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, Milan’s commissioner for culture.
Cattelan drew protests in Milan in 2004 with his installation of three baby puppets hung on the branch of an old tree. A protester sawed off the branch and the work was eventually removed.
Read More:
http://www.theblogismine.com/2010/09/28/maurizio-cattelan-middle-finger-statue-s...
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