18 karat gold toilet
Posted: June 4, 2017 Filed under: American Toilets, Featured Toilets, New York City, NY, Toilet Art, Toilet Museums, Touristy Toilets Leave a commentLadies and gentleman, let me present to you the Holy Grail of toilets! šš½
“America” by Maurizio Cattelan
Entitled ‘America’ (2016), it’s a fully functional & usable 18 karat gold throne by artist Maurizio Cattelan on display at New York’s Guggenheim museum. This incredible piece had been #1 on my toilet bucket list since I first hear about it around a year ago – finally on a weekend trip to the Big Apple I had my chance.
According to the blurb in the museum guidebook: “This work makes available to the public an extravagant luxury product seemingly intended for the 1 percent. Its participatory nature, in which viewers are invited to make use of the fixture individually and privately, allows for an experience of unprecedented intimacy with a work of art.”
It doesn’t get much better than this. If you happen to be in NYC it’s absolutely worth a visit!Ā š
