Comedian by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, the conceptual work sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019, is now on display at Beijing’s Center for Contemporary Art. Photo: VCG

A visitor walks past a piece made of mini elevators, stainless steel, and electronic components created by Cattelan in 2001 at the exhibition. The show is the artist’s first solo exhibition in China. Photo: Han Haidan/China News Service, VCG

The performance, featuring a person passing through the crowd wearing a large Picasso mask, is on display during the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Nov. 19. Photo: VCG

A visitor takes photos of a sculpture made of wax, pigment, human hair, fabric, and polyester created by the artist in 2001 at the exhibition. Photo: VCG

Inspired by noted artist couple Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore, Cattelan created the piece We, to present the twin body of himself in 2010. Photo: VCG

Bidibidobidiboo, one of the most known pieces Cattelan created in 1996, depicts what it looks like as a child growing up in a low-income family in Padua, Italy. Photo: VCG

A taxidermied horse by Cattelan in 2009 is seen at the exhibition on Nov. 19. Photo: VCG

Novecento by Cattelan in 1997. The artist tends to work with taxidermy animals to present paradoxes. Horses in his works often appear in powerful but fragile gestures. Photo: VCG

Felix, the piece consisting of a skeleton of a hissing cat, is Cattelan’s version of Sue, the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex that was found in 1990. Photo: VCG

Visitors check out Spermini by Cattelan in 1997 at the exhibition on Nov. 19. Photo: VCG

No by the artist in 2021 consists of silicone rubber, natural hair, clothing, boots, and paper bag. Photo: VCG

Visitors check out the shrunk version of the Sistine Chapel that measures 343 x 693 x 242 cm created by Cattelan in 2018 at the exhibition. Photo: VCG