ExhibitionApril 23, 2021
A solo show by Maurizio Cattelan at Pirelli HangarBicocca
Pirelli HangarBicocca will be presenting a solo show by Maurizio Cattelan from 15 July 2021 to 20 February 2022. Specially conceived for the spaces of the Milanese institution, the exhibition symbolically represents the cycle of life and gives the audience an insight into collective and personal history, always poised between hope and failure, matter and spirit, truth and fiction.
Curated by Roberta Tenconi and Vicente Todolí, the solo show by Maurizio Cattelan brings together a revised configuration of an historical work with new artworks for the first time presented in the spaces of the Navate area in Pirelli HangarBicocca, transforming them into a monument beyond time.
“Breath Ghosts Blind” unfolds in a series of acts dealing with existential concepts and issues such as the fragility of life, memory, the individual and collective sense of loss. Amongst symbolic references and images that belong to our collective imagery, the unique site-specific project challenges the current system of values.
The exhibition “Breath Ghosts Blind” is the culmination of a project the artist has been working on for a long time and it celebrates his return to Milan after more than ten years. Taking place in the city that has already been home to several of his most significant interventions—from Untitled (2004), the debated installation in Piazza XXIV Maggio, to the monumental public sculpture L.O.V.E (2010)—the show pursues Cattelan’s visionary reflections towards the most disorienting aspects of everyday life.
A monographic publication will be realized in occasion of the show presenting critical essays by Francesco Bonami and Nancy Spector on Cattelan’s practice together with a conversation between the artist and the curators Roberta Tenconi and Vicente Todolí..
Pirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit institution dedicated to the promotion and production of contemporary art that reflects the corporate culture of Pirelli and its commitment to research, innovation and the dissemination of contemporary languages. For more information visit: https://pirellihangarbicocca.org/en
Curated by Roberta Tenconi and Vicente Todolí, the solo show by Maurizio Cattelan brings together a revised configuration of an historical work with new artworks for the first time presented in the spaces of the Navate area in Pirelli HangarBicocca, transforming them into a monument beyond time.
“Breath Ghosts Blind” unfolds in a series of acts dealing with existential concepts and issues such as the fragility of life, memory, the individual and collective sense of loss. Amongst symbolic references and images that belong to our collective imagery, the unique site-specific project challenges the current system of values.
The exhibition “Breath Ghosts Blind” is the culmination of a project the artist has been working on for a long time and it celebrates his return to Milan after more than ten years. Taking place in the city that has already been home to several of his most significant interventions—from Untitled (2004), the debated installation in Piazza XXIV Maggio, to the monumental public sculpture L.O.V.E (2010)—the show pursues Cattelan’s visionary reflections towards the most disorienting aspects of everyday life.
A monographic publication will be realized in occasion of the show presenting critical essays by Francesco Bonami and Nancy Spector on Cattelan’s practice together with a conversation between the artist and the curators Roberta Tenconi and Vicente Todolí..
Pirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit institution dedicated to the promotion and production of contemporary art that reflects the corporate culture of Pirelli and its commitment to research, innovation and the dissemination of contemporary languages. For more information visit: https://pirellihangarbicocca.org/en
