Hollywood.A larger-than-scale replica of the famous California landmark, Maurizio Cattelan's Hollywood rose from the city dump in Palermo, Sicily, this June as part of the 49th Venice Biennale Venice Biennale International art exhibition held in the Castello district of Venice every two years and juried by an international committee. It was founded in 1895 as the International Exhibition of Art of the City of Venice to promote “the most noble activities of . The first official project presented outside Venice city limits in the exposition's 106-year history, the displaced monument remains on view through November 30. Photograph for Artforum by Attilio Maranzano. Italian-born neo-Conceptual artist MAURIZIO CATTELAN has exhibited widely over the past decade. His Ninth Hour, a sculpture of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła toppled by a meteorite meteorite, meteor that survives the intense heat of atmospheric friction and reaches the earth's surface. Because of the destructive effects of this friction, only the very largest meteors become meteorites. , made a controversial 1999 debut at the Royal Academy of London; on view at Warsaw's National Gallery last year, the piece was vandalized and the exhibit shut down. This year, for the first time in the history of the show, the Venice Biennale hosted an installation outside city limits: Cattelan's replica of the iconic Hollywood sign, mounted atop Palermo's city dump. For this issue's "Centerfold cen·ter·fold n. 1. A magazine center spread, especially a foldout of an oversize photograph or feature. 2. a. The subject of a photograph used as a centerfold, often a nude model. b. " feature, Cattelan presents an image of the project, photographed in situ In place. When something is "in situ," it is in its original location. by Attilio Maranzano. |
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