For the second consecutive year, after the success in 2022 of Collective Individuals curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, Artissima, together with Intesa Sanpaolo, Main Partner of the fair, presented a project of films and videos by artists formulated and produced in dialogue with Gallerie d’Italia – Torino, which was the host location.

The immersive space of the museum presented the human condition, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, art critic and independent curator. The exhibition of video works, many of which are being shown for the first time in Italy, features artists represented by galleries participating in Artissima.

The poetic universe of Tamara Henderson is unmistakable. Through films, sculptures, installations and paintings, the artist transports us into a dreamy, surreal and at the same time coherent context, as can happen sometimes in dreams. Her work can be said to link back, in this sense, to the historical avant-gardes of the early 20th century and the lysergic and performative experimentation of the 1960s, but also to the shamanic practices of the native American peoples and others from different parts of the world.

The human figure is missing from most of Henderson’s works, which nevertheless offer a possibility of reconnection with the body, or more precisely with the idea of what the body itself should or could be. Inanimate objects or even a fruit, as in Accent Grave on Ananas, can take the place of the human figure, transformed in the protagonists of dreamy, surrealistic or reflective adventures.

Text by Artissima