We stopped by the Yuz Museum in Shanghai to check out the Alessandro Michele approved exhibition. Here are some of the must-see works of the exhibit
Maurizio Cattelan’s The Artist is Present, an exhibition powered by Gucci, runs until 16 December, 2018, at the Yuz Museum, 35 Fenggu Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Titled The Artist is Present, after Marina Abramovic’s celebrated solo show at MoMA in 2010, the name and poster of the exhibition wants the very idea of appropriation to be there from the get go. Curated by Maurizio Cattelan and powered by Alessandro Michele’s Gucci, the exhibition focusses on artists projects that propose simulation and copy as a paradigm of global culture, something that even Michele himself has been accused of over the course of his tenure as the Creative Director of Gucci.
The title aims to demonstrate how the act of copying can be considered a noble act of creation, featuring the same artistic value as the original. After all, isn’t imitation supposed to be the best form of flattery?