This horse is one of the of the most emailed photos in the world

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Odd. I suppose we should be grateful it's not inside out, or something equally horrid.

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Hehe, we def should! I think its...... well, odd. My initial reaction was "what the hell is that?"
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I like it and appreciate it as art. The lines of the horse's body (every horse I mean) is absolutely beautiful, and so flowing, and if you follow the lines of this art piece it is very pleasing to the eye IMO. Sure, I would prefer the horse to have a head, but I *get* what he is doing and it doesn't offend me in the slightest.
 
I dont get it - can someone explain to me what the point of the picture is/what the artist is trying to show? whats the title?
 
but it looks all wrong - none of the legs are hanging properly. Horses are beautiful creatures but I think they are better captured as sculptures or paintings. There is nothing artistic about it, in my opinion - it seems to me like another piece designed to go for the 'shock' factor.
 
I wouldn't say I find it offensive but certainly don't get the meaning of it - anyone seen their horses in that pose???

Hope it doesn't drop onto that man underneath!!!
 
To my knowledge, it's called "Untitled". Maybe because the viewer is supposed to get whatever they see in it and come up with their own title!
I'm a bit put off because that's real horse skin over fibreglass. Blech. But I do see the artistic merit and it does make me wonder, what the "horse" is seeing on the other side of the wall.
Actually, thinking about it, I kind of like it!!
 
hmm strange but then some art is.

No different to seeing a mounted fox and dear head down in your local pub or in your hall way really, its a dead animal on display for decretive purposes.

Not my cup of tea though although I would of preferred to see it with its head on. I find it rather creepy.
 
Maurizio Cattelan is a satirical artist who likes to poke fun at the art world. I suspect he created this piece to get pretentious art critics going 'yar, yar, it's a er fabulous expression of the futility of existance in a modern post-industrial world." and all the other critics stand around going 'yar yar' for fear of being shown to just think it is a horse with its head in a wall.

Because these people talk about and admire it, it becomes art you see. I think this is his point. Would it have been art without the critics or would it just be a horse with its head in a wall?

really very clever.
 
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Because these people talk about and admire it, it becomes art you see. I think this is his point. Would it have been art without the critics or would it just be a horse with its head in a wall?

really very clever.

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I think you hit the nail on the head there, its a good way of putting it and this post is proof of that.
 
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The horse would be beautiful, were it not dead.

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At least it is dead... unlike that dog that was apparently art a while back
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Another case of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' I'm afraid. No way would the person responsible for that grotesque image pass a drug test. They are not trying to say anything other than 'I am off my face on...'

Wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a perfectly sound and healthy animal either, before 'that' happened to it
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Not art. Sick.
 
So what do you think of this (from an article in the Guardian in 2004)

<font color="blue">Cattelan is recovering from an attack of "art rage": a Milanese man was so incensed by his "installation" of three children hanging by their necks, eyes open, from a tree that he cut them down. </font>

Art or not?

I didn't want to look for the image!
 
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