Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in his first solo show in Britain in 20 years makes a daring exhibition — a gold toilet. And of all places to display his masterpiece, what would be most fitting but a palace? This 18-karat gold toilet will be displayed at Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough.
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“I am constantly inspired by the past and how nothing has really changed, so to show my work at Blenheim Palace — a place full of history and humanity — is significant to me,” said the artist in a press release.
The exhibition, hosted by the Blenheim Art Foundation, will feature new works by the artist, but the main attraction is sure to be “America” — the fully functioning gold toilet that will be plumbed into a room adjacent to the one in which Winston Churchill was born.
The work could be seen as a comment on the social, political and economic disparities in the United States, a press release announcing the exhibition reads.
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(Image Credit: Jacopo Zotti/ Menomenopiu Architects/ Maurizio Cattelan Archive)
Source: neatorama