Maurizio Cattelan / Hollywood
CATTELAN Maurizio (Padova 1960)
Palermo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebudengo per l'Arte - Viking Studio - La Biennale di Venezia, 2001, 31x27 cm., hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 322, illustrated cover and volume. Maurizio Cattelan purchased some copies of the book “Vanity Fair’s Hollywood” and replaced the original dust jacket with his own one. Artist’s book / edition made in conjunction of the project "Hollywood", built in the dump of Palermo and left on view from June 8 to November 4, 2001. The copies of this work were probably exclusively gifted to the visitors of the installation that were passengers of a special flight from Venice to Palermo, organized only for that occasion.
CATTELAN Maurizio (Padova 1960)
Palermo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebudengo per l'Arte - Viking Studio - La Biennale di Venezia, 2001, 31x27 cm., hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 322, illustrated cover and volume. Maurizio Cattelan purchased some copies of the book “Vanity Fair’s Hollywood” and replaced the original dust jacket with his own one. Artist’s book / edition made in conjunction of the project "Hollywood", built in the dump of Palermo and left on view from June 8 to November 4, 2001. The copies of this work were probably exclusively gifted to the visitors of the installation that were passengers of a special flight from Venice to Palermo, organized only for that occasion.
CATTELAN Maurizio (Padova 1960)
Palermo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebudengo per l'Arte - Viking Studio - La Biennale di Venezia, 2001, 31x27 cm., hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 322, illustrated cover and volume. Maurizio Cattelan purchased some copies of the book “Vanity Fair’s Hollywood” and replaced the original dust jacket with his own one. Artist’s book / edition made in conjunction of the project "Hollywood", built in the dump of Palermo and left on view from June 8 to November 4, 2001. The copies of this work were probably exclusively gifted to the visitors of the installation that were passengers of a special flight from Venice to Palermo, organized only for that occasion.
“HERE IS THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD BOOK. Classic and contemporary photographs, essays, and caricature covering a century of cinematic magic. All from the pages of Vanity Fair, from 1914 to today. Vanity Fair’s Holly wood celebrates the stars and their stories. Garbo and Gable and Grant. Tracy and Hepburn. Taylor and Burton. Nicholson and Streep. De Niro and DiCaprio.Seen through the eyes of Vanity Fair’s i llustrious photographers: Cecil Beaton, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Edward Steichen, Mario estino, and Bruce Weber among them. And showcasing writers past and present, including D. H. Lawrence, Clare Boothe Luce, Dorothy Porker, and P. G. Wodehouse. Three hundred twenty pages of power, beauty, and glamour-in full color-from the editors of Vanity Fair.”
