The Artist Project: Wilfredo Prieto

Artist Wilfredo Prieto reflects on Auguste Rodin's sculptures in this episode of The Artist Project.

December 7, 2015

3 min. watch

From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"You have to dominate the material, not let the material dominate you."

Artist Wilfredo Prieto reflects on Auguste Rodin's sculptures in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Wilfredo Prieto, born in 1978, is a Cuban conceptual artist.

Two tall, motorized fans standing on the floor of an empty white room

Wilfredo Prieto (Cuban, born 1978)

Yes/No, 2002

Two motorized fans; Overall dimensions variable. A.P., 1/1, edition of 1. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund, 2014 (2014.48) © Wilfredo Prieto. Installation view: Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 13–October 1, 2014. Photo: Kristopher McKay Photo Credit: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation / Art Resource, NY