2021 sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan
Blind is a 2021 sculptural work by the Italian multi-media artist Maurizio Cattelan that memorializes the September 11 attacks of September 11, 2001.
Cattelan was in New York City on September 11 and had to walk home from LaGuardia Airport. The piece premiered at the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan in the exhibition "Breath Ghosts Blind" curated by Vicente Todolí and Roberta Tenconi, and was exhibited until February 2022.[1] It has been reported that the artist first wished to show it at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City but that the museum's then chief curator, Nancy Spector had been "hesitant at best" ...[at such a prospect].[1]
The sculpture consists of a black monolith representing one of the World Trade Center towers intersected by the silhouette of a jetliner.[2][3][4] The statue is made from resin, wood, steel, aluminum, and polystyrene.[3]
References
- ^ a b Stevens, Matt (July 15, 2021). "Maurizio Cattelan's New Work Pays Visceral Tribute to the Pain of 9/11". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ Lloyd-Smith, Harriet (October 20, 2022). "Drama, grief and controversy: Maurizio Cattelan gets existential in Milan". Wallpaper. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ a b Angelopoulou, Sofia Lekka (July 18, 2021). "maurizio cattelan unveils 9/11 memorial in 'breath ghosts blind' show at pirelli hangarbicocca". Designboom. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "Maurizio Cattelan Responds to 9/11, and Other News". Surface. July 15, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
