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In her work, Henrot (b. 1978 Paris, France; lives and works in New York) analyzes systems of visual information and typologies of objects from a wide array of historical moments. She has produced a number of visual essays in which she follows intuitive research pursuits across disciplines and finds a variety of aesthetic and morphological links between disparate systems of knowledge. Henrot鈥檚 practice combines anthropological research with a staggering range of cultural fragments reflective of the current digital age. Her exhibition at the New Museum will provide a survey of her recent work.

The title, 鈥淭he Restless Earth,鈥� is borrowed from a poem by the Martinican writer 脡douard Glissant, known for his novels, poems, and writings on colonialism and diversity. The exhibition will feature four of Henrot鈥檚 recent videos including Grosse Fatigue, a standout of the recent Venice Biennale, garnering her the Silver Lion as most promising young artist. The work extends on earlier videos like 颁辞耻辫茅/顿茅肠补濒茅 (2010) and Million Dollar Point (2011), which capture rituals and landscapes that move across history and bridge disparate cultures and geographies. 鈥淭he Restless Earth鈥� also includes several series of works on paper and a new installation of 鈥淚s it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?鈥� (2012鈥�14). In this series, Henrot translates books from her library into ikebana arrangements, connecting the languages of literature, anthropology, and philosophy with the equally complex language of flowers. Through translation as well as archival research and the creation of hybrid objects鈥攁pparent throughout the artist鈥檚 videos, sculptures, and works on paper鈥擧enrot demonstrates how the classification of artifacts and the production of images structure the way we understand the world.