Taking off: Henry my neighbor: . ; Henry my neighbor

A picture story of a failed marriage, sexual frustration and voyeurism. Photographs and cut-up collages comprise an archive of amateur nude art. Through people she met on a journey through the United States, artist Mariken Wessels gained access to the studio and the entire photo archive of "Henry," as well as full consent over its use. She started redacting the work and arranging it into an artist's book, in which the audience will be invited to a journey into Henry's life and his vision of his former wife and muse Martha. With gatefold pages. Text in English and Dutch. Edition of 1000.