Night, at the Neue Nationalgalerie, brings together several of Maurizio Cattelan’s best-known works alongside pieces created more recently, transforming Germany's vast modernist Neue Nationalgalerie museum into a world of disturbing images and unexpected juxtapositions.
Hitler on his knees
Among the most striking works is Him, a 2001 sculpture depicting Adolf Hitler kneeling on the floor as if in prayer. From one angle, the figure appears to be a small, innocent-looking child. As visitors move around it, however, the face of Hitler is revealed.
Him was created more than two decades ago, and sold for €15 million at auction in 2016.
Night co-curator Lisa Botti says the work still has a lot to say about today's society: “The sculpture is actually from 2001, so it's not a recent one, but unfortunately it stays relevant in our times.”
