Maurizio Cattelan brings his most sacrilegious work to a new limited edition, hand-painted sculpture. La Nona Ora is based on Maurizio's original 1999 installation piece that depicts Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite and pinned to a bright red carpet. The title references the ninth hour of Christ's crucifixion, when he cries out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" before dying on the cross.The satirical work, which casts the most powerful figure in Catholicism as mortal and vulnerable, divided the art world and beyond. Most notably, forcing a museum director in Catholic Poland to resign.Each resin edition is individually hand-painted with a metal cross.