French conceptual artist Pierre Huyghe has been tapped for the Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s next rooftop installation, reports Carol Vogel from the New York Times.
The artist’s multidisciplinary oeuvre, which was surveyed at the Pompidou Center in Paris and is now on view at Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, includes film, performance, sculpture, magic, biology, nature and insects, often creating his own other-worldly sceneries.
Sheena Wagstaff, chairwoman of the Met’s modern and contemporary art department, and Ian Alteveer, the Met’s associate curator, approached Huyghe after seeing the bewitching environment he created in 2012 for Documenta 13 and his retrospective the year after.
“His work is captivating, and the way he thinks about the layers of a site, taking into account history, environment and science is so compelling, we thought he’d create something particularly interesting,” Alteveer said.
The installation, which is still in the works, will be on view from April 28 to November 1. Although no details besides the piece having a “film component” have been revealed, Alteveer dropped one hint: “Pierre loves the fact that the park is full of animals.”