Pierre
Huyghe
Pierre
Huyghe
Huyghe
French, born in 1962
Pierre Huyghe seems to have taken philosopher Michel de Certeau’s philosophy "fiction is a means of capturing reality" to heart. Since the early 1990s, the artist has been reinventing ways of creating and questioning the many links between the work, the viewer and reality.
Although his works come in a variety of forms (videos, performances, objects and photographs), they focus on the same issues. The relationship to time and collective memory is sometimes explored through exhibitions, a means of expression in their own right that reveal the hidden side of creation. Huyghe conceives of his works as "event initiators". "They’re more about exposing someone to something than exhibiting something to someone,” he says.
Born in Paris in 1962, Huyghe studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs from 1982 to 1985. His work has been exhibited in many museums and at international events such as the Venice Biennale and the Documenta in Kassel. His Pinault Collection works were introduced at the 2006 show "Where Are We Going?" at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
Although his works come in a variety of forms (videos, performances, objects and photographs), they focus on the same issues. The relationship to time and collective memory is sometimes explored through exhibitions, a means of expression in their own right that reveal the hidden side of creation. Huyghe conceives of his works as "event initiators". "They’re more about exposing someone to something than exhibiting something to someone,” he says.
Born in Paris in 1962, Huyghe studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs from 1982 to 1985. His work has been exhibited in many museums and at international events such as the Venice Biennale and the Documenta in Kassel. His Pinault Collection works were introduced at the 2006 show "Where Are We Going?" at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
