CAMILLE HENROT

From The Wet Issue

Delving into the essence of wetness, Camille Henrot’s (@coelocanthe) latest series for EXHIBITION Magazine blends the emotional with the sensual. In creating this series of paintings, the multidisciplinary French artist drew inspiration from the closing scene of Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca, which depicts Ilsa’s goodbye letter fading away. By marrying oil pastel, watercolor, and acrylics, she aims to explore the interplay and compatibility of contradictory emotions.

"These drawings revolve around the idea of the goodbye letter, or breakup letter. I like the idea that there is a certain sensuality in love lost; how both tears and wetness are erotic in nature. I’ve been working with the hyper dissolution of paint mediums on wet paper for some time now. For this series, I used oil pastel which rejects the ink and water." Camille Henrot