After the exhibition displaying Lee Lozano’s, Alina Szapocznicow’s and Evelyne Axell’s artwork from the 1960s, the Gucci Museum will be presenting work by Camille Henrot, a French artist born in 1978.
Henrot’s work incorporates a variety of artistic techniques, and she consistently makes use of film, video, drawing, photography, sculpting, and installations. At the Gucci Museum, visitors will have the opportunity to see ‘Grosse Fatigue,’ a video installation that first appeared on international art critics’ radars in 2013 after its Italian debut. Since then, it has been hosted by galleries and museums worldwide.
The artist describes the installation as ‘very dense with images and sounds, since it’s an experience of density itself.’ Henrot’s project was quite ambitious, incorporating overlapping aspects of science, history, mythology, art, anthropology and other disciplines that she ties back to Genesis and evolution. She based her work on extensive research conducted at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, and the final product is a 13-minute film accompanied by music composed by Joakim, and spoken words by Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh.
‘Grosse Fatigue’ will be on at the Gucci Museum until February 28, 2015, everyday from 10am to 8pm, other than Thursday on which it stays open until 11pm. Tickets to the museum cost 7 euro, and 50% of sales will go toward the restoration of Florentine treasures.
