MAURIZIO CATTELAN UNTITLED, 2001.

“Untitled” is a work which Maurizio Cattelan devised for the NMAC Foundation in 2001, a traffic notice with the following inscription: “81 accidents, 14 deaths and 2 serious injuries have occurred on the following spot”. The poster was hung on one of the site’s most quiet roads where scarcely 20 cars passed a day. Once again, reflecting the irony and disconcertment that Mauricio depicts through his works. The notice proved disturbing reminding us of the dark side of life and death itself.

‘Maurizio Cattelan, with his project for the NMAC Foundation, a road sign ‘Untitled’, generates a conflict between his work and its surroundings. In a place where the number of accidents is zero, it acts as an element of provocation and discord’.

Jimena Blázquez Abascal