
JESSIE HENSON
ADAA: The Art Show 2024
29 October - 2 November | Booth A11
ADAA: The Art Show | Jessie Henson
Booth A11
ADAA: The Art Show | Jessie Henson
Booth A11
ADAA: The Art Show | Jessie Henson
Booth A11
ADAA: The Art Show | Jessie Henson
Booth A11
ADAA: The Art Show | Jessie Henson
Booth A11
ADAA: The Art Show | Jessie Henson
Booth A11
Jessie Henson
Monument (lilac), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
34.3 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lilac), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
34.3 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lilac), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
34.3 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lilac), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
34.3 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lilac), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
34.3 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (shine), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and Caplain 20K gold leaf
29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 inches
74.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (shine), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and Caplain 20K gold leaf
29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 inches
74.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (shine), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and Caplain 20K gold leaf
29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 inches
74.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (shine), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and Caplain 20K gold leaf
29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 inches
74.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (shine), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and Caplain 20K gold leaf
29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 inches
74.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (tear), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 18K and 23.75K gold leaf
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches
21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (tear), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 18K and 23.75K gold leaf
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches
21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (tear), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 18K and 23.75K gold leaf
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches
21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (tear), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 18K and 23.75K gold leaf
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches
21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (tear), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 18K and 23.75K gold leaf
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches
21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (home), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
18 x 13 3/4 x 1 inches
45.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (home), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
18 x 13 3/4 x 1 inches
45.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (home), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
18 x 13 3/4 x 1 inches
45.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (home), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
18 x 13 3/4 x 1 inches
45.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (home), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
18 x 13 3/4 x 1 inches
45.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lift), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
16 3/4 x 12 x 3/4 inches
42.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lift), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
16 3/4 x 12 x 3/4 inches
42.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lift), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
16 3/4 x 12 x 3/4 inches
42.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lift), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
16 3/4 x 12 x 3/4 inches
42.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lift), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
16 3/4 x 12 x 3/4 inches
42.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (present), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20K gold leaf
12 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 inches
30.5 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (present), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20K gold leaf
12 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 inches
30.5 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (present), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20K gold leaf
12 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 inches
30.5 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (present), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20K gold leaf
12 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 inches
30.5 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (present), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20K gold leaf
12 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 inches
30.5 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (charm), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold and palladium leaf
8 1/4 x 6 x 1 inches
21 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (charm), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold and palladium leaf
8 1/4 x 6 x 1 inches
21 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (charm), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold and palladium leaf
8 1/4 x 6 x 1 inches
21 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (charm), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold and palladium leaf
8 1/4 x 6 x 1 inches
21 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (charm), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold and palladium leaf
8 1/4 x 6 x 1 inches
21 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (rose), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and 23.75K gold leaf
27 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
70.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (rose), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and 23.75K gold leaf
27 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
70.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (rose), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and 23.75K gold leaf
27 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
70.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (rose), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and 23.75K gold leaf
27 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
70.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (rose), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and 23.75K gold leaf
27 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
70.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (c.p.), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
9 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
24.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (c.p.), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
9 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
24.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (c.p.), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
9 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
24.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (c.p.), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
9 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
24.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (c.p.), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
9 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
24.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (grace), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
14 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 3/4 inches
37.1 x 30.2 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (grace), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
14 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 3/4 inches
37.1 x 30.2 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (grace), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
14 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 3/4 inches
37.1 x 30.2 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (grace), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
14 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 3/4 inches
37.1 x 30.2 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (grace), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
14 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 3/4 inches
37.1 x 30.2 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (prayer), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 inches
47 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (prayer), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 inches
47 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (prayer), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 inches
47 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (prayer), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 inches
47 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (prayer), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 inches
47 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (baby), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1 inches
19.1 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lilac), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
34.3 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (shine), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and Caplain 20K gold leaf
29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 inches
74.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (tear), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 18K and 23.75K gold leaf
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches
21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (home), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20k gold leaf
18 x 13 3/4 x 1 inches
45.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (lift), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
16 3/4 x 12 x 3/4 inches
42.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (fold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
2 x 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
5.1 x 29.8 x 27.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (present), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina and Caplain 20K gold leaf
12 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 inches
30.5 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (charm), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold and palladium leaf
8 1/4 x 6 x 1 inches
21 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (rose), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 22k and 23.75K gold leaf
27 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
70.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (hold), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
8 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
21.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (c.p.), 2024
Unique
Bronze with Caplain 20k gold leaf and Japanese silver leaf
9 1/2 x 8 x 1 inches
24.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (grace), 2024
Unique
Bronze with patina
14 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 3/4 inches
37.1 x 30.2 x 1.9 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (prayer), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 inches
47 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (baby), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75k gold leaf
7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1 inches
19.1 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm
Jessie Henson
Monument (laces), 2024
Unique
Bronze with 23.75K gold leaf
15 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
38.1 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
PRESS RELEASE
Anthony Meier is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new sculptures by New York-based artist Jessie Henson at ADAA: The Art Show 2024 (Booth A11), organized by the Art Dealer’s Association of America. While Henson regularly invokes notions of labor and time in her practice, illuminating the ways that repetitive actions accrue meaning and pushing her materials to the threshold of fracture and disintegration, this presentation debuts the artist’s never-before-exhibited bronze sculptures from her "Monuments" series. Taking the form of gold leaf-adorned bronze casts of found embroideries, this body of work concretizes a formerly free flowing fabric in a medium many times heavier, attributing both visual and conceptual weight to the products of an under-acknowledged craft tradition via her poetically transformative gesture.
Illuminating the tension between fragility and strength in flowing pieces of fabric that have been frozen in time, Henson’s intimately sized wall-hanging sculptures honor the meticulous, modest history of her source material and memorialize the handiwork of their original makers. In doing so, each of her “Monuments” is an intimate and yet grand celebration of the power of artistic labor.
While the vibrant works on paper that often characterize Henson’s practice evoke abstracted landscapes as well as topographical maps and scientific diagrams of the natural world, which she draws with thread on paper using an industrial sewing machine, Henson’s “Monuments” merge the vernaculars of drawing and tapestry with sculpture to recontextualize both the material associations and value systems often ascribed to craft traditions. Excavating the history of embroidery, handiwork, and women’s labor, Henson’s new sculptures serve as monuments, honoring and breathing new life into these traditions while simultaneously memorializing the work of the now anonymous artists who came before her.
ADAA: The Art Show 2024 | 29 October - 2 November
Booth A11
Park Avenue Armory, New York
BENEFIT PREVIEW: Tuesday, October 29
Wednesday, October 30: 12pm-7pm
Thursday, October 31: 12pm-7pm
Friday, November 1: 12pm-7pm
Saturday, November 2: 12pm-6pm