http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/arts/design/pierre-huyghe-wins-nasher-sculpture-prize.html 2016-09-27 02:53:08 Pierre Huyghe Wins Nasher Sculpture Prize The $100,000 Nasher Prize went to this French artist whose work challenges “the very limits of artmaking.” === The French artist Pierre Huyghe, who has The $100,000 prize, which was “At this moment, when the environment and culture are so under threat, Huyghe’s imaginative, uncanny approach to the serious ecological and social issues facing our planet tie his oeuvre to the ancient purposes of sculpture: they possess a shamanistic quality which tips the mimetic into life,” Mr. Strick added. The jury for the prize is made up of some of the world’s most influential artists and curators, like “As much as I can I am trying to stay away from the modernist idea of the autonomous object,” he said, adding, “I’ve been trying to think in a way that doesn’t have to do with form but with things that are in formation, that are in the process of changing.” Perhaps to underscore his point, he said that a new project, a piece to be included in an upcoming show organized by the artist