Pierre Huyghe - Tate Modern

Polly: I found this image of Pierre, a French artists, works in the exhibition review section of Art Monthly 9.06. The piece that was featured is a puppet dude titled 'This is not a Time for Dreaming' (2004) which was a part of his recently ended exhibition in the Tate. I figure that anyone who exhibits in the Tate has got to be pretty bloody good. It sounded that way in the review too. The exhibition room, 'Celebration Park' including paper/poster works that sprung a bit of contravercy after Liam Gillick claimed that Huyghe had stolen his idea with his 'One Year Celebration' piece that featured a text proposal by different artists. For example, Anton Vidokle suggests we celebration the exact moment when George W Bush leaves office.

In the opening room of the show is a really cool piece, which had neon text spelling out 'I do not own Snow White', 'I do not own 4'33' and 'I do not own Modern Times'. All these are symbols from pop culture. As a general rule Huyghe aims to 'make a better world'.. (i know sounds soo cliché) but his work is also richly absurdist and bound by visual detail and imagination.

I also found out that he had created a fictional character/alter-ego, Ann Lee, who has featured in poster and video works.