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“Daily life is both the subject and environment of the work I am making.”

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Camille Henrot is a French artist known for her interdisciplinary works, which encompass painting, sculpture, photography, and video. Her art often delves into themes of history, culture, and identity. more

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“In fact, the underlying principle of the baroque is the idea of transformation, of movement, and animals becoming man, and man becoming animals, and mythology. It was a way to inspire pre-Christian character.”

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“In the traditional Ikebana things always have to be asymmetrical, because in this they look more natural and balanced.”

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“Ikebana is meant to mimic life in the way it develops; it shouldn't look like it's under the control of man.”

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“Baroque sculpture and interior design has a quality of creating an environment that seems organic because it's full of curves and details, like a forest.”

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“I think my work is about the different strategies man has invented to deal with desire, frustration, fear of death, exhaustion. It's very much about life on earth.”

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“A lot of my work deals with this emotion of discouragement or fear, and this emotion cannot be approached without humor because then things become indigestible. You don't want to eat them; you don't want to be in contact with them.”

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“For me, it's really important that the experience of art is always something that is able to provoke strong emotion, an emotion that you feel in your heart or your stomach, but also that challenges the brain at the same time. It's an experience - physical and intellectual.”

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“I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.”

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