Orphan Patterns Pierre Huyghe
January 30—April 24, 2016
Sprengel Museum, Hannover

Orphan Patterns Pierre Huyghe

Swarm, 2016 View of performers wearing lit LED masks during the opening of the exhibition Photo © Ola Rindal

Press Release

In 2015 Pierre Huyghe was awarded the prestigious Kurt-Schwitters-Prize by the Lower Saxony Sparkassen Foundation. The prize is bestowed biennially to internationally renowned artists whose oeuvre shows clear affinities to the famous Dada artist’s work. Former recipients have been Sigmar Polke, Nam June Paik, Rodney Graham, Tacita Dean, Thomas Hirschhorn, and Elaine Sturtevant. In conjunction with the Kurt-Schwitters-Prize, the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany hosts a major solo exhibition for the recipient. The title of...
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