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Pierre Huyghe
Zoodram 5 (Recollection)2011

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Gallery installation view with a glass vitrine holding rocks and driftwood, a large video projection of two figures with subtitle text, and suspended neon oval rings
Mixed-media installation: a glass tank on a white pedestal in a darkened gallery, containing a stack of rough reddish-brown rocks balanced vertically on a bed of sandy soil, lit from above with light rays visible on surrounding walls.
Color photograph of an aquarium habitat; a hermit crab with orange-red claws occupies a large green-striped shell in the foreground, with long-legged arrow crabs perched on textured rocks against a teal background.
Close-up color photograph of a hermit crab with orange-red claws and spotted legs, partially emerged from a large green-striped shell, set against dark rocky substrate.
Artist or Maker
Pierre Huyghe
France, born 1962
Title
Zoodram 5 (Recollection)
Date Made
2011
Medium
Glass tank, filtration system, resin mask, hermit crab, arrow crabs and basalt rock
Credit Line
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased jointly with funds provided by Steve Tisch and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Art Revolving Fund
Accession Number
M.2016.168.1.1-.7
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Pierre Huyghe / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, NY / ADAGP, Paris