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Maurizio Cattelan — Errotin le vrai lapin
Maurizio Cattelan

Errotin le vrai lapin

A large-scale photograph by Maurizio Cattelan depicts Emmanuel Perrotin, his gallerist, dressed in a cartoonish pink rabbit costume, reducing a powerful figure in the art world to a figure of absurdity and play. The work reflects Cattelan's signature use of humor and provocation to subvert authority and expose the constructed hierarchies of the contemporary art market. By casting Perrotin in this humiliating yet playful role, Cattelan blurs the line between collaboration and exploitation, loyalty and ridicule.

Medium
photograph

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 10, 2016

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Maurizio Cattelan, Errotin le vrai lapin

A large-scale photograph by Maurizio Cattelan depicts Emmanuel Perrotin, his gallerist, dressed in a cartoonish pink rabbit costume, reducing a powerful figure in the art world to a figure of absurdity and play. The work reflects Cattelan's signature use of humor and provocation to subvert authority and expose the constructed hierarchies of the contemporary art market. By casting Perrotin in this humiliating yet playful role, Cattelan blurs the line between collaboration and exploitation, loyalty and ridicule.

Medium
photograph
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, Collaborative Work, Performance Documentation, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, 1990s Art, Italian Artist, Contemporary Artist, Costume, Humorous Tone, Costume And Disguise, Portrait, Provocative Art, Provocateur, Humorous, Satirical

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