Maurizio Cattelan Untitled, 2003
I go to Houston once a year, and one of my favorite things about it is the Menil Collection. Wouldn’t you know it? Not even 2 months after I leave they decide to have an exhibition of Maurizio Cattelan. What is up with that? Really Menil? REALLY?
Maurizio Cattelan at the Menil is the U.S. debut of recent large-scale works and site-specific installations as well as four new works. The artist’s first solo show in this country since 2003, it also marks his return to sculpture. In Cattelan’s sculpture, the ability of images to embody social issues – social, political, moral — is as daring as it is powerful.
Site-specific installations? Large-scale works? FOUR new works? Why you gotta play me like this Menil?
If you are a luckier person than I, and will be in Houston February 12-August 15, do me a favor? Go see the show. Take pictures*. Send them to me. Just rub it in, I give you permission.
*Don’t get caught though.
