Play your partwill include the immersive roomscale installation the pale fox2014, a companion piece to henrots awardwinning film grosse fatigue20, for which she won the silver lion at the 55th venice biennale. Chisenhale gallery, london daphne wrights sons are back in her captivating new show. It is one of the least studied of all canid species, in part due to its remote habitat and its sandy coat that blends in well with the desertlike terrain. Work from the pale fox demonstrating the breadth of henrots output, this exhibition comprises an architectural display system, found objects, drawing, bronze and ceramic sculpture and digital images. Henrot has participated in group exhibitions in australia, most recently the ngv triennial in 2017. Camille henrots new work, untitled 2016, commemorates her 2014 chisenhale gallery commission and first solo exhibition in the uk, the pale fox. The story that the dogon a tribe in mali, west africa knew of the binary nature of sirius and knew of saturns rings all hails from this work. Camille henrot the pale fox 21 february 10 may 2015 westfalischer kunstverein is pleased to announce the first largescale solo exhibition in germany by french artist camille henrot b. Spurious origins and ecological devastation are offered up here as a. Most recently, henrot became the recipient of the nam june paik award, initiated and fully supported by the arts foundation of north rhine. The book contains an original text by henrot written with clara. According to camille henrot, there is an excess of principles in the pale fox. More than 400 photographs, sculptures, books and drawings. For her latest exhibition, the pale fox, henrot shifts focus to the medium of sculpture.
Bestknown for her videos and animated films combining drawn art, music and occasionally scratched or reworked cinematic images, camille henrots work blurs the traditionally hierarchical categories of art history. Her new show, the pale fox, is a vast meditation on where we come from that takes in origin stories from darwinism to aboriginal dream maps, writes adrian searle. This was followed up with henrots solo exhibition titled the pale fox at londons. For her exhibition the pale fox 2014, henrot has used a specific work of anthropology as her starting point. The book contains an original text by henrot written with clara meister and michael connor, documentation, sketches, and research materials.
She won the silver lion for most promising young artist at venice biennale last year. Her recent work, adapted into the diverse media of sculpture, drawing, photography and, as always, film. There is no harmony without disharmony, and no knowledge without accumulation or deception. The pale fox is dedicated to our endeavour to make sense of our world and our existence via objects that surround us and the way in which they relate to one another. Camille henrot describes her latest work the pale fox, on show at the chisenhale gallery in london until april, as a threedimensional counterpart to the video grosse fatigue, a piece shown at the last venice biennale where the french artist won the prestigious silver lion. Originated during an artist research fellowship at the smithsonian institution, which laid the groundwork for her 20 video grosse fatigue and the subsequent installation the pale fox 201415, elephant. Originated during an artist research fellowship at the smithsonian institution, which laid the groundwork for her 20 video grosse fatigue and the subsequent installation the pale fox 201415, elephant child represents the culmination of a longterm inquiry into the human effort to make the universe comprehensible. The pale fox vulpes pallida is a species of fox found in the band of african sahel from senegal in the west to sudan in the east.
This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Camille henrot, the pale fox reflections about order and. Through this pathological and almost erotic cataloguing psychosis, the potential for disorder returns. The pale fox attempts to explain the origins of the universe, drawing from research she undertook during a fellowship at the smithsonian institute in washington dc in 20. If the snake makes you think of adam and eve youre off to a good start, for this show is a vast imagining of the origins of life, the universe and everything. Please take the book in your hand at the site to see its volume and. Camille henrot builds a universe from ebaysourced objects. Archive past exhibitions camille henrot chisenhale gallery is one of londons most innovative galleries for contemporary visual art, promoting national and international developments in visual culture. Henrot has painted the chisenhale a deep stratospheric blue and pitched images of earth, fire. For the pale fox, henrot meticulously arranged a mass of these fetishes in a room painted electric blue. The wall will be covered by the drawings used in the book, which is a. The book details their assimilation of multiple belief systems, encompassing elements from physics, astrophysics, agriculture, molecular biology, as well as mathematics and metaphysicsa fitting model for henrot s approach.
Objects exist in that field within a complex that includes the production history, commercial circulation and interpretation. Sep 19, 2014 camille henrot, the pale fox detail, 2014. The pale fox by marcel griaule, germaine dierterlen. To accompany the exhibition camille henrot has produced a new limited edition silkscreen print titled workingresting, 2015. Imagined as a multidimensional extension of the artists awardwinning film grosse fatigue, 20 silver lion at the 55 th venice biennale, this itinerant exhibition is currently presented at. For her exhibition the pale fox, camille henrot inspired by both this figure of. 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. In frenchborn, new yorkbased camille henrots first uk solo exhibition, the pale fox, at chisenhale gallery in london, the installation exemplifies the contemporary attraction to using quasianthropological forms and methods for navigating the cult of information. Jun 02, 2016 for the pale fox, henrot meticulously arranged a mass of these fetishes in a room painted electric blue. Commissioned and produced by chisenhale gallery in partnership with kunsthal charlottenborg, copenhagen. Camille henrot, the pale fox 2014, via sophie kitching for art observed s. May 08, 2014 called the pale fox, its inspired by a book of the same name about dogon cosmology, as interpreted by two ethnologists whod spent time in french sudan now mali in the 30s.
Yet these children who have the vestiges of life so powerfully about them are deathly pale and still, as if fading. Everywhere in camille henrot s impressive installation the pale fox is the frame, the bounded box, the vernacular of the desktop window. The exhibition is called the pale fox, the title of a book by marcel griaule and germaine dieterlen written in 1965 derived from the myths of the dogon people in mali. Sep 11, 2015 the pale fox contains many threads of henrots output. First we had drawings, then we had books, and then we had the internet. Camille henrots new work, untitled, commemorates her 2014 chisenhale gallery commission and first solo exhibition in the uk, the pale fox. This was followed up with henrots solo exhibition titled the pale fox at londons chisenhale gallery in 2014 and a survey show of the artists work at the new museum in new york, the restless earth. An interview between henrot and social anthropologist monique jeudyballini offers insight into henrot s characteristic approach of knowledge production and organization. The one vertical sculpture, ammas door 2014, transformed from a figure in the book, poses as a portal to another world. Jul 02, 2014 extending from camille henrots collaboration with the smithsonian institution, where she held an artist research fellowship during the preparation of grosse fatigue in 2012, the pale fox has been nurtured by a fruitful collaboration with the museum national dhistoire naturelle in paris. Oct 17, 2017 camille henrot, the pale fox, 2014 anthropology can lend to contemporary art a respect for the complexity of cultural relations, as well as a pragmatic and demystified approach to objects. Everywhere in camille henrots impressive installation the pale fox is the frame, the bounded box, the vernacular of the desktop window. Jul 01, 2015 elephant child is a natural extension of the artistic practice of new yorkbased french artist camille henrot.
Grosse fatigue was presented at the 20 venice biennale and was awarded the silver lion. Elephant child is a natural extension of the artistic practice of new yorkbased french artist camille henrot. The pale fox articulates our desire to make sense of the world through the objects that surround us. We are billions worlds on a world here, each of us sees a different elephant. The organized mess, she explains in the book, includes a wall of objects corresponding to the law of continuity and a frieze. The pale fox by camille henrot chisenhale gallery, london through april camille henrot, the pale fox, 2014, installation view, chisenhale gallery.
This is camille henrots first major survey exhibition in australia. Installation view, metro pictures, new york camille henrot courtesy the artist and metro pictures, new york. Andy keate betonsalon center for art and research is pleased to announce the first largescale solo exhibition by french, new yorkbased artist, camille henrot in paris. The pale fox is an immersive environment building on henrots previous project grosse fatigue 20 a film awarded the silver lion at the 55th venice biennial. Camille henrot, the pale fox, 2014, installation view, chisenhale gallery. Called the pale fox, its inspired by a book of the same name about dogon cosmology, as interpreted by two ethnologists whod spent time in french sudan now mali in the 30s. But here, too, is its antidote, in the form of the unformed, curved and chaotic, via ruptures, slippages, disjunctures or stoppages. The pale fox is one of those seminal books that has had a considerable effect on modern nonconventional thought, which very few people have actually read. The pale fox betonsalon camille henrot artists website.
And the superstructure that governs the pale fox objects are arranged to narrate the development of the economy, or the development of religion overrides any matter of artistic quality, financial value, prestige. An interview with camille henrot by jason farago, even. Apr 11, 2015 the pale fox by camille henrot chisenhale gallery, london through april camille henrot, the pale fox, 2014, installation view, chisenhale gallery. For henrot, the construction of knowledge is as much a haptic and sensual experience as it is a cerebral one we make sense of the world through interacting with the objects that surround us. Mariam rahmani on the pleasures and disappointments of camille henrots days are. An interview with camille henrot by jason farago, even magazine. The overarching metaphor for the installation is a book by the same name, the pale fox, marcel griaule and germaine dieterlens 1965 anthropological study of the dogon people of mali. Camille henrot, the pale fox 2014, all photos by sophie kitching for art observed camille henrots the pale fox is an immersive journey through the artists conceptual creative process. Originated during an artist research fellowship at the smithsonian institution, which laid the groundwork for her 20 video grosse fatigue and the subsequent installation the pale fox 201415, elephant child represents the culmination of a longterm inquiry into the human effort.
Its an extremely complex story depicting the creation of the world as a messy, chaotic process. The text that provides the audio component of the work was written in collaboration with jacob bromberg, performed by artist akwetey orracatetteh, and accompanied with music was composed by joakim. French artist camille henrots sculpture and video installations attempt to find an alternative existential meaning and challenge certain social narratives. Camille henrot and anri sala in conversation duration.
An artist book copublished by westfalischer kunstverein is forthcoming in 2015. An interview with french artist camille henrot crash magazine. The pale fox, camille henrot sits on a sofa in the corner of konig galeries. The organized mess, she explains in the book, includes a wall of objects corresponding to. At westfalischer kunstverein, the pale fox is supported by kunststiftung nrw and brillux. The wall will be covered by the drawings used in the book, which is a massive volume of pages featuring 500 works, 55mm thick and easily opens by special binding named en binding utility model applied for. The book contains an original text by henrot written with clara meister. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. Camille henrot the pale fox at chisenhale gallery, london. Marcel griaule and germaine dieterlens eponymous 1965 book, which explains, in great depth, the cosmological beliefs and creation stories of malis dogon people. Camille henrot, the pale fox, 20142015, installation view, betonsalon centre for art and research, paris. But the number of previous installations and alreadyseen films seems to indicate a retrospective show rather than a carte blanche curatorial.
Insatiable and obsessive curiosity guides both artist and viewer, as we begin to reconsider the potential for these objects. The study is controversial for many reasons, including charges of fabrication and misapprehension, though the text itself it is a compelling reading. Betonsalon centre for art and research, paris and westfalischer kunstverein, munster. Here the bedroom is a universe, the artists studio is a cosmos, and the gallery is a galaxy unto itself. Feb 18, 2018 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. Camille henrot edition for chisenhale gallery new art. Extending from camille henrots collaboration with the smithsonian institution, where she held an artist research fellowship during the preparation of grosse fatigue in 2012, the pale fox has been nurtured by a fruitful collaboration with the museum national dhistoire naturelle in paris. Unfolding like a frieze across the four walls of the gallery, a. Camille henrot, the pale fox, 2014 anthropology can lend to contemporary art a respect for the complexity of cultural relations, as well as a pragmatic and demystified approach to objects. And the superstructure that governs the pale fox objects are arranged to narrate the development of the economy, or the development of religion overrides any matter of artistic quality, financial value. Feb 19, 2015 born in 1978, camille henrot lives and works in new york.
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