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Pierre Huyghe

Pierre Huyghe is one of the most renowned artists on the international contemporary art scene. His installations, films, collaborative projects and events tend to generate a sense of instability through installations that put unusual strategies of perception into effect. He has devoted particular attention to the modes of production and reception of images, underlining the hiatus that is produced between the real and its representation, especially in the means of communication used by the entertainment industry. Through the relational mechanisms that he brings into play, Pierre Huyghe investigates the role of observers, obliging them to question their own systems of representation. Published in conjunction with the most ambitious retrospective exhibition of the artist to date organized by the Castello di Rivoli, this unique catalogue examines Huyghe's oeuvre including, among other works: Blance-Neige Lucie, No Ghost Just a Shell, Sleeptalking, and a new work Float, created for the show.

Lavishly illustrated, with a pop-up insert specifically designed for the book, the catalogue includes a broad selection of texts by Huyghe, extracts of texts by other artists and by critics, a major new essay by Carolyn Christov-Barkargiev, and a complete bio-bibliography. Pierre Huyghe was born in Paris in 1962. He has exhibited widely in Europe and the US, including exhibitions at the Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville in Paris, ICA in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Renaissance Society in Chicago. He was honored with the Special Prize Award at the 2001 Venice Biennale.