Cattelan is an Italian sculptor who is known for his dark, humorous sculptures. He is considered a contemporary artist. A lot of his pieces make fun of old artworks. He has made sculptures of giant middle fingers, foosball tables that are ten times larger than normal, and the pope being hit by a meteor. These are funny sculptures but they also take things from our everyday life and make them humorous.
In this sculpture, Cattelan put a taxidermised horses body (not including the head) on a wall with the body sticking out. I really like this piece because it makes me think of what a mounted head looks like on the other side. Many people mount heads of animals on their walls. Cattelan has given us a new type of mounting. He is thinking outside the box. We are often drawn to the bizarre and unusual, which is why this piece is so funny.
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