Has anyone read the article by Randy Kennedy in the New York
Times about the golden toilet?
The solid gold toilet created by Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian sculptor,
was installed in a bathroom at a museum in New York last week. I love articles
like this, the root of the story is funny at first glance, it’s a solid gold toilet that’s
been installed in a regular bathroom at a museum for anyone to use. The writer
takes that though and turns it into a really interesting article.
I think Kennedy is a fantastic job reporting on the article.
He didn’t take it too seriously because he understood that most people would
look at the story and laugh, but he also gave it enough seriousness to still
show respect to the artist and the people the people at the museum. What could
have been a silly story becomes more interesting as you look at the processes
that took place for the toilet to get there. I think a quote from the article
that best represents that is this… “he has said he hopes people do not see the
toilet-sculpture as a joke. It is at the same time an absurd sendup of
inequality (and a commentary on the runaway wealth inside the art world) and a
kind of gift to the museumgoer, a rare chance to spend private time with
something so ravishingly beautiful it’s hard to believe it’s real”.
Here's the link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/arts/design/an-18-carat-throne-arrives-at-the-guggenheim-and-yes-it-works.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F09%2F16%2Farts%2Fdesign%2Fan-18-carat-throne-arrives-at-the-guggenheim-and-yes-it-works.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0
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