Jason Dodge is an American contemporary artist who was born in 1969, in Newton, Pennsylvania (US) and Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian contemporary artist who was born in 1960 in Padua, Italy. Dodge had 6 full years of contemporary art education compared to Cattelan who had an informal and self directed contemporary art education. Both Artists moved away from their home countries, Dodge to Berlin, Germany and Cattelan to New York, USA.
Jason Dodge is inspired by poetry, everyday life and his personal experience. Dodge commission’s skilled professionals to create his artworks. Dodge’s sculptures and installation are made from everyday objects that are striped of birth, function and purpose and added minor, understated alterations. Dodge artworks present reality and the poetry of reality and there is a dominant force of romantic poetry that lies within. Giving Dodge’s lifeless objects human value, history and essentially life. The context that Dodge works from includes art movements such as: Minimalism, Arte Povera, Conceptual, and Romanticism.
Maurizio Cattlelan is inspired by images and reality. Cattlan directs and commissions someone more professionally and suitably skilled to create the work. Creating realistic waxworks and taxidermy sculptures. Ironic humor is the core thread in much of his work. A deep and intense reflection on mortality shapes the essence of Cattelan’s practice. Cattelan embodies the likes of Duchamp and Warhol through the artistic style of artist-as-playful-provocateur. The context which Cattelan works from include art movements such as Art Povera, Bueys, Hyperrealist and is highly inspired by the 1970’s, and Duchamp and Warhol.