Maurizio Cattelan Quotes
Sooner or later, all magazines end up in the toilet.
Spector, Nancy. Maurizio Cattelan: All. Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2011.
The major reason for not yet harvesting waste is the labor, caital, and energy costs of recycling relative to the value of the resource is too high. Technology improvements and greater shortages continuously change the equation in favor of harvesting more and more resources.
The agency was supporting a program to recycle human feces which were treated in communities by sanitizing them and removing most of the water and packaging the dried sludge as a fertilizer for lawns, gardens, parks, and farms. The treated biosolids were marketed under many names such as ComPro, BioEdge, Notrohumus, Vital Cycle, etc. To promote the concept and overcome the bad image of human feces, the agency arranged to have it spread on all the lawns and gardens of the White House. The decided that “poo” and other descriptive nouns would not fit the desired image. See {635106} for their solution.
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist. Known primarily for his hyperrealistic sculptures and installations, Cattelan's practice also includes curating and publishing. His satirical approach to art has resulted in him being frequently labelled as a joker or prankster of the art world. Self-taught as an artist, Cattelan has exhibited internationally in museums and Biennials. In 2011 the Guggenheim Museum, New York presented a retrospective of his work. Some of Cattelan's better-known works include America, consisting of a solid gold toilet; La Nona Ora, a sculpture depicting a fallen Pope who has been hit by a meteorite; and Comedian, a fresh banana duct-taped to a wall.
