Have you considered that if you’ve decided not to give the sculpture to much thought, it might not be a good idea to write about it? Since you don’t care to dwell in any depth on a likeness of Hitler, won’t your writing about the piece be, by definition, shallow?

Sorry, Rachel, but FourStudies has a valid point. Simply saying “ewww” — which is what your response amounts to, in an extended dismissal of a work for its “creepiness” — validates other unreflective responses not just to this but basically to the whole of visual art over the last century. Consider: “I would never buy…

Sometimes art should make you come to uncomfortable realizations. It is a reflection of our world but it should also serve as a reflection of our humanity. Creepy as Fuck is an apt description, in my honest opinion. It is because that is what it is intended to be. Art is permitted to drag you, kicking and screaming,…

Every publication needs its Andy Rooney. You’re it!

You realize that “art critic” is a profession, right? What if you had written about open heart surgery from the perspective that is was “creepy as fuck” to enter the chest cavity from the front because you didn’t care to deeply consider the ramifications of doing so? Would you you not expect to a) be attacked by…

Thank you for having the decency to respond.

Curious what you find immoral about this piece? if anything I find it provocative in a different direction-it’s so unexpected to imagine Hitler in a kneeling position, he’s so little and submissive and reduced and diminished in a way, no?!

I find Cattelan brilliant too. His work calls to me in a way something like Formaldehyde Shark by noted fuckface Damien Hirst does not.

This is the second deliberately-ignorant Cattelan-bashing piece on Gawker Media within a week. I hope GM fully realises that this is a perpetuation of exactly the same type of wilfully “my ignorance is as good as your informed perspective” genre of non-thought that your writers ascribe to Trump supporters.

It pleases Hitler that he is finally a success in the art world.

That title tho

Cattelan is a genius and has been one of my favourite artists for over a decade. Before writing him off, I recommend seeing some of his work in person if you can, or buying a book and reading about it first.