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Name Announcer

2011

Pierre Huyghe

(French, b. 1962)
Culture
France
Medium
A person at the entrance of a space
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from an anonymous donor 2017.191
Edition
One of two editions. The other edition belongs to the MCA in Chicago.
Copyright
© Pierre Huyghe 2011
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Name Announcer became the first work of performance art in the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection in 2017.

Description

On the threshold of an exhibition space, someone asks the name of the person who wants to enter and announces it to the space. The person’s presence is amplified, brought to the attention of the people who entered previously. This experience offers an alternative to the expected anonymity of public space.
A color photograph depicts a man with a medium-dark skin tone leaning forward through a wooden doorway. He wears a black tuxedo and bow tie, his mouth open. On the door, silver characters read "229A." To our right, another man with a medium skin tone smiles towards the left while wearing a red and blue plaid shirt over a dark vest. Behind him, a tall concrete wall fills the background.

Name Announcer

2011

Pierre Huyghe

(French, b. 1962)
France

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