Maurizio is an Italian born artist who is well known for his dark puns on social and political rules of acceptance in society. Maurizio held many odd jobs in his earlier years yet furniture designing served as his catalyst into the artist world. He pokes fun and does it with enough finesse to be successful. He derives subjects from past historical themes as his focus and sometimes substitutes animals for people. A humorous style filled with a satirical angle can entertain but also can anger viewers, too. For example, Him, 2001 is a photorealist sculpture of a miniature of Hitler in prayer. This photo is a contradiction that would summons plenty of comments from observers near and far. Another sculpture involves a collapsed squirrel who is dead, at a table in a kitchen, with a gun on the floor. Maurizio seems to push the limits in many of these artistic installations/sculptures but he must be doing something right because people are paying him to show his work. Art has many forms and freedom of expression goes along with it. I am not saying I don't find some of his work comical because I do. He is quite talented in crafting creations and provoking emotions by viewers.
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