Maurizio Cattelan - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | Phillips
  • “Now everyone can be a dealer.”
    —Maurizio Cattelan

    The 1:6 Scale Wrong Gallery takes New York’s tiniest exhibition space and shrinks it even smaller: located at 516A1/2 West 20th Street in Chelsea, the non-profit venue opened its 1 square meter of exhibition space in 2002 before closing its doors in September 2005. The Wrong Gallery utilized its miniscule exhibition space for artistic experimentations, featuring exhibitions with works by Lawrence Weiner, Elizabeth Peyton, Paul McCarthy, and many more. As The Wrong Gallery founders Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, and Ali Subotnick declared, “The Wrong Gallery is the back door to contemporary art, and it’s always locked. The concept of the original Wrong Gallery, to replicate the structure of the art system while radically transforming scale and resources, is now taken to the next level by recreating a realistic 1:6 scale home version.” 

     

    As part of the edition, Cerealart additionally introduced reproductions of a selection of the original exhibitions hosted by The Wong Gallery in 1:6 scale to be inserted into the miniature exhibition space, which encourages the owner to organize their own personal gallery program. The present lot includes a reproduction of Elizabeth Peyton’s 2003 exhibition 593 Napoleon After His Bath; screenprinted on glass, this multiple is backlit by the gallery’s glow upon installation. 

    • Literature

      Ars Publicata, Maurizio Cattelan, 2005.02

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The 1:6 Scale Wrong Gallery

2003-06
Multiple comprised of wood, brass, steel, aluminum, resin, plastic, glass and electric lighting, accompanied by alternate exhibition 593 Napoleon after his bath by Elizabeth Peyton and a copy of the Wrong Gallery Times, all contained in the original cardboard boxes.
overall 18 1/4 x 11 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (46.4 x 28.9 x 16.5 cm)
exhibition element 13 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. (34.3 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm)

Numbered 170/2500 in black ink on the underside, published by Cerealart Multiples, Philadelphia (with the artist's copyright stamp on the underside).

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