Wet Job

The title of the exhibition is evidently borrowed from the latter, a series of paintings and sculptures that explore the limits and borderlines of the post-partum body, along with the conflicting pressures and expectations for productivity imposed upon it. ‘Wet Job’, in the context of this exhibition, has multiple and evolving meanings: it refers to the act of care; to nursing or breast-pumping, the fluidity of identity, life and loss and, more generally, to the sometimes messy nature of dependency.

Henrot’s longstanding interest in the tension between attachment and separation – to each other, our environments, and our devices – consistently weaves through her practice. Inspired by literature, social media, cartoons, poetry, self help and the banality of everyday life, Henrot’s work captures the complexity of living in an increasingly connected and over-stimulated world. At the heart of Henrot’s sculptural practice is an endeavour to attribute shapes to the liminality of bodies, to shifting identities, to inner conflict and society’s ceaseless need to both express and consume at the same time.

Practical information:

• This guided tour is suitable for groups of adults
• Maximum 15 persons per group
• Duration: 120 minutes – guided tour of 90 minutes and optional group discussion with guide of 30 minutes
• Extra info: Exhibition runs from Saturday 11 June 2022 to Sunday 16 October 2022