Camille Henrot's 'Don't' at The Perimeter: Surreal Sexual Psychodrama

Camille Henrot's exhibition 'Don't' at The Perimeter in London marks a shift from her earlier grand-scale works like 'Grosse Fatigue' and the 2014 Chisenhale show on Darwinism. The show features two bodies of work: layered digital paintings and erotic drawings. The 'Dos and Don'ts' paintings combine screenshots, collaged paper, and brushstrokes, exploring digital overwhelm and personal life—including photos of her family, an X-ray of her wrist, and a bill for oocyte storage. The drawings depict mythical hybrid creatures engaged in explicit sexual acts, described as a surreal sexual psychodrama. Henrot, winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale, presents a pared-back, introspective view of everyday life, mixing online anxiety, family, and erotica.