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Pierre Huyghe

Honestly speaking, my impression of Pierre Huyghe's artwork was a lot more interesting than I had anticipated. Typically, I feel as though I have the conception that an artist spends their career focusing on one form of art, maybe two at the most, rather than multiple. That was the first thing I had in mind that Pierre challenged. The way I see it, Pierre is an artist who likes to turn abstract concepts into concrete visuals. The revolving door was perhaps my favorite example of this. It was simply a door, but it brought to life a metaphor. It goes to show that you get to choose what side you are on. Are you choosing to think you are out of it and free, or that you are trapped inside? Regardless of what the scenario you're talking about is in that situation.  Pierre dabbles in almost every art form you can imagine. In this video, some of which he mentioned were music, theater, and film. Pierre impressed me early on in the video when he discussed turning an island into a musical