sculptor, Milan
interview by MAURIZIO CATTELAN
in collaboration with MARTA PAPINI
portrait by BELLA HOWARD
photography by JASON MANDELLA
artworks courtesy of the artist and Ramiken, New York
MAURIZIO CATTELAN — Your childhood in the woods: talk to me about this.
GAVIN KENYON — I had long blond hair, and I was running in the woods. In my memory, my childhood places are unspoiled green spots covered by trees and raw vegetation, dotted with farms, animals, rusty grandparents’ tools. And somewhere very far beyond the woods, there was the peaceful noise of a highway that would one day take me to the city.
MAURIZIO CATTELAN — I know you’ve been living and working in Milan for long periods during the past two years. Have you noticed any change…