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Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back is a 2016 documentary about the Italian contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan It was directed by Maura Axelrod. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival as a special presentation of the Guggenheim Museum.




Plot


The film portrays the period from Maurizio Cattelan's early career to the occasion of his career retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2011, for which he hung all of his work from the ceiling of the rotunda of the building. The film features the curator Massimiliano Gioni who acts as a stand-in for Cattelan.




Cast


Massimiliano Gioni
Nancy Spector
Jerry Saltz
Francesco Bonami
Calvin Tomkins
Dodie Kazanjian
Giada Cattelan
Victoria Cabello
Sarah Thornton
Emmanuel Perrotin
David Goldsmith
Katherine Brinson
Adam Lindemann
David Ganek
Massimo De Carlo
Victoria Yee Howe
Rosemary Melene
Tom Eccles
Marian Goodman
Dakis Jounnou
Alberto Mugrabi




Reception


On the review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 86%.
Jacob Bernstein of the New York Times called the film "probing, wistful, and at times, hilarious.
Ken Jawarski of the New York Times said "When Maura Axelrod, the film’s director, examines recalls Mr. Cattelan’s pranks (including his use of doppelgängers, and a time when he broke into a gallery, stole objects and exhibited them as his own), the result is uproarious and thought-provoking."
Peter Debruge of Variety said that the film was "easily the most entertaining “art film” since Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop"
Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times called it "A playful, intriguing documentary..."
Wilbert Cooper of Vice called the film "A brilliant distillation of the inscrutable Maurizio Cattelan."




References






External links


Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back on IMDb
Official website
New Yorker Magazine "Talk of the Town"

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Maurizio Cattelan
• Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back
• Comedian (artwork)
• L.O.V.E. (sculpture)
• Blind (sculpture)
• The Ballad of Trotsky
• Massimiliano Gioni
• Flash Art
• Karol Martesko-Fenster
• Table football