Alex da Corte

sculpture in a field of dreams

artists series by MAURIZIO CATTELAN
in participation with MARTA PAPINI
Portrait by ALEX ANTITCH

all artworks courtesy of the artist

Alex da Corte

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — How old were you in 2008?

ALEX DA CORTE — Twenty-seven.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — Where will you be in 2050?

ALEX DA CORTE — Haunting someone’s house.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — If Land Art was sculpture in the expanded field, what is your art today?

ALEX DA CORTE — Sculpture in a field of dreams.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — How much is your work related to newspaper headlines?

ALEX DA CORTE — I would say that some of my work is definitely culled from the newspaper, but there is approximately a 10-year delay from when I read it to when it finds its way into my work.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — If we recorded your Skype calls,…