Pierre Huyghe, ‘Recollection’ (2011)
For Frieze Projects 2011 in London, artist Pierre Huyghe created an installation, Recollection, that included an aquarium filled with sea life. One of the sea creatures in the aquarium was a hermit crab who dwelt in a Brancusi-style head.
Jorge Pardo, ‘Me and my mum’ (1991)
A refabrication of Le Corbusier’s classic chair and loveseat using industrial copper tubing, rather than the polished steel tubes that form the core of the original.
Michael E. Smith, ‘Sleep’ (2013)
exhaust pipe, taxidermied chicken, 139 x 16 x 29 cm, installation view CAPC, Bordeaux
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, ‘The Good Reputation Sleeping (La buena fama durmiendo)’ (1939)
Michael Wolf, ‘Real Fake Art’ (2006) featuring a copy of Gerhard Richter’s ‘Two Candles’ (1982)
The ‘Real Fake Art’ series explores the copy art industry in China, which exports 70% of copies of famous masterpieces to North America and Europe.
