Camille henrot born 1978 is a french artist who lives and works in paris and new york. Camille henrot 1978 is an artist born in 1978 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a sculpturevolume sold in 2011, at artcurial s. Le langage des fleurs the language of flowers cecilia alemani a savage mind. Cities of ys is organized by miranda lash, curator of modern and contemporary art at noma. In her film and video animations, sculpture, drawing, and photography, camille henrota winner of the prestigious silver lion award at the venice biennaleexamines systems of knowledge and the way in which disparate cultures and locations have been represented throughout art history. Camille henrot, event, melbourne, victoria, australia. Prehistoric collections camille henrot tenderbooks. View camille henrots profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The catalog contains records for approximately 45,000 titles, which includes inventory currently in stock and available for sale, as well as an archive of titles previously stocked.
Aided by rica arai, a specialist in ikebana, the traditional japanese art of flower arranging. Camille henrot, study for born, never asked, 2017, watercolor on paper mounted to dibond, 29 14 x 21 12 inches, 74. Camille henrot en fr selected works books biographie contact. Through these various media, camille henrot explored the archetype of the abusive father as a metaphor for any authority figure that abuses powera parent, but also the government, the police or even an internet resource like webmd. In 2012, when camille henrot was researching grosse fatigueher acclaimed minute video about the history of the universe, the nature of myth, and the. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Addressing major existential questions regarding the nature of our world, its history and our place within it, henrot draws upon wide. We are introduced, via a series of largescale drawings, to a cast of characters whose fumbling, neurotic and disordered lives are redeemed by their instinctive humanity. Camille henrot i have a somewhat conflictual relation with paris because its my hometown, and its where my parents and family live, the place where i grew up. New orleans museum of art is pleased to debut a solo exhibition this fall by french artist camille henrot born 1978, lives in new york, awardee of the venice biennale silver lion for a promising young artist. The result of two exhibitions in paris, this splendid overview covers camille henrots oeuvre between 200520.
Camille henrot is one of the most compelling contemporary artists working today. Camille henrot s latest film, saturday, delves deep into what philosopher ernst bloch called the principle of hope, which structures our aspirations for immediate, private utopias and radical change. She wears denim dungarees as the installation unfolds, nearby around a dozen assistants help to arrange objects in a. Camille henrot daily art fair is the international modern and contemporary art galleries for current, past and futur galleries exhibitions all around the world. Instead of asking if we need help scheduling an appointment or rebooking a flight, henrots hotlines, for example, prompt us to. She is the third artist, and first woman, to be given carte blanche at the institution, where she installed her. October 2015 horoscope is part of an ongoing series of kinetic sculptures that look at the tendency of humans to become. Art federico nicolao 4 june 20 versatile, solitary, talented. Kunsthal charlottenborg is pleased to present an ambitious new commission by french, new yorkbased artist, camille henrot b.
Camille henrots exhibition at fondazione memmo takes inspiration from the first and most disorderly of the weeks days. When i was a child, i was pretty inseparable from the place. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover camilles. Printed matters online catalog is one of the largest and most comprehensive databases of artists books and related publications. This is articulated through the presentation of a continual flow of images over a computer desktop. That year she also opened exhibitions at kunsthalle wien and the.
Installation view, fondazione memmo, rome camille henrot courtesy the artist, fondazione memmo, rome, and kamel mennour, paris. In the studio with camille henrot, the french artist who brought visually tactile bronzes to basels old town scott indrisek i think of a sculpture as an object you can cuddle with, she says. The result of two exhibitions in paris, this splendid overview covers camille. Camille henrots grosse fatigue 20, translated as great exhaustion, is a minute video that performs an intuitive unfolding of knowledge. Camille henrots latest film, saturday, delves deep into what philosopher ernst bloch called the principle of hope, which structures our aspirations for immediate, private utopias as well as for radical change. The film showcases images of baptism rituals recorded by henrot at seventhday adventist sda churches and headquarters. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books.
The exhibition is curated by massimiliano gioni, associate director and director of exhibitions, and gary carrionmurayari, kraus family curator. The bma is the first museum in the us to present french artist camille henrots grosse fatigue, winner of the silver lion award at the 20 venice biennale. A catalogue of the show, entitled elephant child, was published in 2016 by inventory press and koenig books. It involves translating the books in her library arent all libraries revolutionary. Henrots prints, sculptures, and videos tie together flooding myths, the aqueous and shifting coastlines of louisiana, the webs of pipelines in terrebonne parish, and the continuing use of french words in the english language. Camille henrot artist bio and art for sale artspace. Camille henrot participated in the 2016 berlin and sydney biennials and the 2015 lyon biennial. She is the third artist, and first woman, to be given carte blanche at the institution, where she installed her films, sculptures, drawings and installation works. Her inspirations range from literary sources and film history to anthropology and religion. The restless earth will be on view on the second floor from may 7june 29, 2014.
At its heart are a series of bronzes that hover between the figurative and abstract, a cast of allegorical characters embodying the emotional and intellectual states particular to the beginning of the week. Ultimately, the book is an object of high universalist ambition. Camille henrot was born in 1978 in paris and lives and works in new york. Browse the works and learn more about camille henrot. Camille henrots primitive thinking anna watkins fisher conversation avec camille henrot camille henrot in conversation mathieu copeland iconographie des.
She is the recipient of the 2014 nam june paik award. An interview between henrot and social anthropologist monique jeudyballini offers insight into henrot s characteristic approach of knowledge production and organization. Grosse fatigue versatile, solitary, talented, the french artist brings an encyclopaedic video on the history of the universe to the 55th international art exhibition venice biennale, which awarded her a silver lion at the event. The programs focus is on interdisciplinary, conceptoriented and spacebased approaches in a variety of media including sculpture, video, sound, painting, printmaking, photography and performance. Ultimately, the book is an object of high universalist ambitiondevoid of authority, creating instead a vivid prismatic image of the realm of thought. Based around an outofprint anthology devoted to prehistoric collections unearthed by archaeological expeditions in algeria, french artist camille henrots latest project treats this ethnographic material as motifs of a contemporary grotesque. This month, and running until early december, is a new show of henrots work at chelsea gallery metro pictures. The information overload of the online experience is brought to life in camille henrots the pale fox, where objects bought from ebay sit alongside museum loans, comic strips and educational posters, in an exhibition that celebrates insatiable and obsessive curiosity. Gallery for new media camille henrot investigates myth and memory, knowledge and fiction, in a diverse body of work that includes films, drawings, installations, and sculptures.
Born in paris in 1978, the new yorkbased artist works across diverse media including sculpture, drawing, video and installation. In her videos, sculptures and installations, camille henrot culls together a dizzying hodgepodge of artifacts of contemporary and historical culturetaking a felt, human perspective on an age of rapid automation and finding links among archaic and exotic myths, commodities, and our common experience of digital newness. Forthcoming exhibitions include the tokyo opera city gallery, tokyo, japan 2019 and the national gallery of victoria, melbourne, australia 2020. French artist camille henrot worked with poet jacob bromberg to create scripts for her linguistically rich and playful solo show at metro pictures gallerycamille henrot, 2015 confronted issues of authority in none other than hotline phones. The energetic minute video on the origins of life and creation myths incorporates behindthescenes footage of the prestigious collections at the smithsonian institutes museum of natural history. From early video work to a more recent fascination with the other and elsewhere in terms of both geography and sexuality, henrot imparts an acute sense of historical dislocation in her work, examining nonwestern subjects and borrowings through the lens of polished. French, new yorkbased artist camille henrot creates animated videos, films, sculptures, drawings, and photographs, all of which defy traditional art historical categories. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale.
Find artworks by camille henrot french, 1978 on mutualart and find more works from galleries, museums and auction houses worldwide. Camille henrot s latest work seeks to reclaim the routine indignities with which our lives are replete. In the studio with camille henrot, the french artist who. Titled days are dogs, the 2017 exhibition included film, sculpture, drawing and installation drawn from solo exhibitions at. Chisenhale gallery is pleased to present an ambitious new commission and the first uk solo exhibition by french, new yorkbased artist, camille henrot b.
Categories exhibitions tags camille henrot, metro pictures, new york, us post navigation. Indeed, henrot is committed to the idea of otherness, so she often combines disparate forms to create wholly new objects. Find upcoming and past auctions and exhibitions featuring their work at phillips. Camille henrot cities of ys october 11, 20march 2, 2014. The pale fox is henrots first danish solo exhibition. Camille henrot builds a universe from ebaysourced objects. In her work, camille henrot has engaged subjects and inspirations as diverse as ethnographic film, the zoetrope a prefilm animation device from the 19th century that produces the illusion of motion, telephone hotlines, and ikebana the japanese art of flower arranging.