Toiletpaper (magazine)

Toiletpaper (stylized as "TOILETPAPER") is a biannual magazine co-created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari. Founded in 2010, the magazine is presented as a limited edition book and its website offers a post-internet collaged exhibition of animated and video content.[1]

The photography-based publication contains no articles or advertisements, and each issue revolves around a basic theme, such as love or greed.[2] The brightly coloured, surreal images vary in style and reference, and include word play and optical illusions.[3] Hailed as "a new frontier of media and creative eco-sustainability,"[4] Toiletpaper is interpreted as a democratized art platform[5] whose accessible images circulate in books and throughout social media, while also being applied to design and home decor products.[6] To celebrate their purported "one-millionth" magazine sale, Cattelan and Ferrari opened their first Toiletpaper pop-up shop in Milan.[7]

  1. ^ "Toiletpaper case study | Observatoire de l'art contemporain". www.observatoire-art-contemporain.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  2. ^ Lokke, Maria (2011-11-18). "Maurizio Cattelan's Toilet Paper". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. ^ "Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari Toilet Paper ARTBOOK | D.A.P. 2012 Catalog Freedman|Damiani 9788862082105". www.artbook.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  4. ^ "TOILETPAPER by Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari Arrives in Tokyo". Widewalls. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. ^ "Toiletpaper in Paris". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ^ "Shoptoiletpaper | Home". Shoptoiletpaper. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  7. ^ "Toiletpaper magazine opens its first shop, selling its own furniture and homeware". It's Nice That. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2018-03-27.