ToiletPaper Magazine N°20

The twentieth edition of the magazine, conceived by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, reveals twenty-nine scenes that are by turns dreamlike and nightmarish. This issue presents a series of photographs that are simultaneously shocking, humorous, absurd, and transgressive, highlighting our current fascination with images.

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The Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan enjoys mockery and sparking controversy by creating works intended to challenge the public. Self-taught, he began his career in the late 1980s. His works, which take shape from real-world objects and people, are the result of an irreverent operation against art and institutions. Cattelan opened his own New York gallery, the Wrong Gallery, a space where nothing is sold and which remains permanently closed. Cattelan creates works that always cause a scandal and give rise to all sorts of interpretations, even questioning religion and the sacred, such as La Nona Ora, a life-sized wax sculpture depicting the late Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite. His sculpture "LOVE," displayed in Milan's Piazza Affari since 2010, provokes the locals and challenges the history of this financial square with a simple gesture (a middle finger).
In January 2012, the Guggenheim Museum in New York presented a 21-year retrospective of his work, titled "Maurizio Cattelan: All." In June 2010, he launched the biannual magazine Toiletpaper with photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari, featuring images full of humor and whimsy. Toiletpaper is now a brand that adapts its kitschy images into decorative objects and a clothing line.