A Collector Confesses: Buying a Cattelan Edition
The author confesses to purchasing a Maurizio Cattelan edition, delivered in an elegant box with white gloves and a signed certificate of authenticity from Avant Arte, the platform that produces and distributes editions by major contemporary artists. The piece is not Cattelan's iconic "La Nona Ora" (the Pope struck by a meteorite), which the author deeply admires for its disconcerting, prophetic quality. The author reflects on how that earlier work captured a sense of surprise and despair, an unutterable event crashing into a relatively tranquil world, unlike today's numbed state. The new acquisition is a small Cattelan, but the author does not specify which one, leaving the reader to wonder.
Key facts
- The author bought a Maurizio Cattelan edition.
- The edition came in an elegant box with white gloves and a signed certificate of authenticity.
- Avant Arte produced and distributed the edition.
- Avant Arte is an international platform that collaborates with major contemporary artists.
- The edition is not 'La Nona Ora', Cattelan's work depicting the Pope struck by a meteorite.
- The author considers 'La Nona Ora' one of their favorite Cattelan works.
- The author describes 'La Nona Ora' as disconcerting, surprisingly prophetic, and capturing a sense of surprise and despair.
- The author contrasts the world when 'La Nona Ora' was created with today's world, where people are inured to shocking images.
Entities
Artists
- Maurizio Cattelan
Institutions
- Avant Arte