The hole in the floor suggests the scene of a break-in, with the thief violently forcing a passage to reach the object of his criminal desires.
More literally than usual, Maurizio Cattelan has forced his way into the museum on a desacralizing way. The architecture is broken down in an assault on the institution that becomes a declaration of intent.
The figure's furtive and cautions gaze make the scene a metaphor for Cattelan's own vision of contemporary art.
The artist chooses to depict himself in an illicit position, entering the treasure-house of a Museum of Art and History as an interloper.
In this way, his artistic practice in general is revealed as a form of aggraved burglary of the established and canonical system under which we live.