Controversial Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is infamous for his sculptural portrayals of Pope John Paul II being felled by a meteorite and a childlike Hitler kneeling and praying, as well as a performance piece at the Museum of Modern Art, where he had an actor don a giant Picasso head and engage visitors. Although it's been seven years since the 50-year-old Pop-conceptualist has had a solo show in America, Cattelan has been busy in Europe, as witnessed by the survey show of recent works at the Menil Collection in Houston. Integrated by the artist into the museum's collection of medieval and modernist works, the show presents a dialogue between the present and the past that ironically comments on religion, politics, and art history.
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What will the major cities of the world look like after the inevitable civilization-ending catastrophe that we keep imagining will happen? Visual artist Richard Hardy, a graduate of London's Bartlett School of Architecture, put together a short video titled "The Eco-Commune," which explores one possibility. Set in London 2050 to a soundtrack that reminds us of Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, Hardy's film depicts a nearly abandoned urban landscape in which nature makes a slow yet stubborn return as humans begin again.
Watch the short film and tell us how plausible it seems »
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