Laure prouvost artists profile the saatchi gallery. Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france. Marc latzel the blue path led me straight to prouvosts video installation wantee 20, which takes up the story of the artists artiste manque grandfather. Laure prouvost explores the processes of narrative, translation and reflection, and the substantial miscommunications, cultural slippages, inventive opportunities.
Tania bruguera, douglas gordon, laure prouvost and. Annelaure bondoux has 30 books on goodreads with 15296 ratings. Prouvosts, by contrast, is a mischievous pickandmix of ironic artspeak in the artist, pointing to a scribble on a page, the narrator tells us, its a conceptual piece. In 2002, she received her bfa from central st martins, london and studied towards her mfa at goldsmiths college, london. Kunsthalle lissabon presents melting into one another ho hot chaud it heating dip, the first solo chaud in portugal by laure prouvost.
Having won the prestigious max mara art prize for women in. I feel i have lived many lives the londonbased french artist who won the turner prize in 20 is glad success didnt find her before her 30s. Yet, much like classic structuralist film, prouvost is keen to expose the mechanical components and basic limitations of the medium. Laure prouvost, they are waiting for you, 2017 laure prouvost.
Learn about the artist and see available works for sale. Prouvost told me that her film has veered so far from macbeths book that it. Hit flash back bilingual edition by laure prouvost artist isbn. Laure prouvost installation and video artist youtube. Artist laure prouvost has an unusual solo show this month at rupert, an arts center in vilnius, lithuania best known for her films and installations, prouvost won the 20 turner prize for her. Annelaure bondouxs most popular book is the princetta. Artist laure prouvosts solo show at londons whitechapel. Laure prouvost won the coveted 20 turner prize for her installation work in which domestic settings seemingly undisturbed for yearsreplete with peeling, mold and smokestained walls, torn. In 2019, she represented france at the venice biennale with the multimedia work the deep blue sea surrounding you. Provoust s first artist book extends her preoccupations with the occurrence of mis translations, in which objects, stories, or scene are transformed through film, video and in this case, onto the printed page. The art newspaper is the journal of record for the visual arts world, covering international news and events. Tania bruguera, douglas gordon, laure prouvost and cally spooner. The stratford piece and the accompanying artworks comprising you are deeper than what you think are prouvost s first public commission in the uk. Laure prouvost, the hepworth, wakefield the wanderer betty drunk, art exchange, colchester it heat hit, black box gallery part of fourth wall series, vox populi, philadelphia the artist and the bunker, shanaynay, paris images festival, toronto film.
May 21, 2018 french artist laure prouvost poses with her work wantee, a video installation set in a mock tea party, after she was announced as the winner of the 20 turner prize. Recieved her bfa from central st martins, london 2002 and her mfa from goldsmiths college, london 2010. Owt, 2007, film still in many of her films the french artists voice softly. Matt reeves confirms jeffrey wright will be commissioner gordon in the batman. Laure prouvost artist bio and art for sale artspace. Expanding on macbeths layered ideas of translation and misinterpretation prouvost transposes the text into.
They are waiting for you is organized by the walker art center, minneapolis and made possible with generous support from the andrew w. Looking at you looking at us at galerie nathalie obadia laure prouvost shot to artworld fame in 20 when she became the first french artist to be awarded the turner prize. Feb 27, 2014 a lecture by artist and 20 turner prize winner laure prouvost, whose first u. Laure prouvost, you are deeper than what you think, heathrow terminal 4 station, 2019.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The provocative and eloquent film monolog won the 56th oberhausen short film principal prize in 2010. Laure prouvost, ideally some big shelf with beautiful books be here. Latham also worked with books and text, famously inviting his students to. Kurt schwitters partner edith thomas, so often did she offer her guests a hot infusion. These and other sections demonstrate prouvost s peculiar and complex navigation of influence, humour, art history and methodologies that informs her idiosyncratic language. Laure prouvost studied film at central saint martins and goldsmiths.
Prouvosts work moves between film, performance, sound and site specific installation, it often plays with the relationship between director, performer, audience and the architecture of viewing. But its laure prouvost another turner prize winner who pays the most tender homage. The artist book includes multivoiced biographies by anonymous contributors, that combine illustrated fantasies, anecdotes and vignettes of the artist, alongside collages of the artists studio, personal communications and a film on paper. Laure prouvost is a contemporary french artist known for her multimedia installations and performances. A strong narrative impulse propels her practice, resulting in immersive, transmedial installations with interwoven story lines that combine fiction and reality. For her inaugural new york exhibition, laure prouvost presents an immersive installation. She lives and works in london, uk and antwerp, belgium. Laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 art and design the. We were out there in the it heat hit, the towwot of us reflecting as we wondered around in the darkness of a miss translated text. Awards include nominated for the 2014 film london jarman award 2014. Turner prize 20 nominee laure prouvost uses the idea of the artists book as biography, juxtaposing formal devices with mininarratives, images, and additional handwritten notes. Laure prouvost, winner of max mara art prize for women, presents the twopart.
Laure prouvosts the wanderer is a multifaceted film and installation project based on rory macbeths english translation of franz kafkas metamorphosis, a text completed despite macbeths inability to speak the german language. They are waiting for you is made possible with generous support from the andrew w. Known for her immersive and mixedmedia installations that combine film and installation in humorous and idiosyncratic ways, prouvost s work addresses miscommunication and ideas becoming lost in translation. Laure prouvost seduces at whitechapel gallery video interview french artist laure prouvost speaks to adrian searle about her new twopart installation at whitechapel gallery in london. Born in 1978 in lille, france, laure prouvost lives and works in. Making it together laure prouvosts eathbound commons flash art. A rising star in the global art world, the french, londonbased artist laure prouvost is recognized for her confounding nonlinear films and immersive environmental installations.
Laure prouvost, it heat hit, 2010, digital video, 7. Laure prouvost mmk museum fur moderne kunst art matter. Oct 23, 2015 in her current show, laure prouvost, a frenchborn artist who won the turner prize in 20, combines the punchy urgency of movie trailers with ideas derived from film and literary and. Laure prouvost, wantee, 20, installation view, kunstmuseum lucerne, 2016. Born in france, laure prouvost received the max mara prize for women, 2012, and will be exhibiting new work at whitechapel gallery and tate britain in spring, 20. The video installation is the result of a 6month long residency in italy as part of the max mara art prize for women. The artist was lost in grand mas dream the abandoned artist studio got improved since grand dad has been lost in the tunnels of histories, grand dad is a conceptual artist whos last piece was to digg a tunnel to africa without the authority knowing about it, all for the love of wantee during their tea parties as there is no more love among. A book published by whitechapel gallery in collaboration with collezione.
The gallery space will be transformed into a subterranean travel agency, deep travel ink, 2016 with ambiguous function, purported to belong to the artists uncle. Laure prouvost turns commuter misery into joy elephant. French artist laure prouvost has won the max mara art prize for women for her film and installation work. Laure prouvost s artistic output consistently returns to themes of escape into unfamiliar worlds or imaginings of unexpected alternative environments. Laure prouvost born 1978 is a french artist living and working in antwerp, belgium. Laure prouvost seduces at whitechapel gallery video.
This is a special limited edition of the artist book, each with a unique artwork, sized and folded like a dust jacket for the special hardback version of the book. It heat hit, black box gallery part of fourth wall series, vox populi, philadelphia. I need to take care of my conceptual grand dad, video. Jan, 2014 we caught up with artist and filmmaker laure prouvost in her studio to discuss her work, which launches the icas national moving image programme in january 2014 at cornerhouse, manchester. Nov 22, 2011 image caption prouvost was born in lille, france. Known for her immersive and mixedmedia installations that combine film and installation in humorous and idiosyncratic ways, prouvosts work addresses miscommunication and ideas becoming lost in translation. Graeme robertson for the guardian prouvost, 35, is a french artist but studied in london at goldsmiths and central saint martins and has. Mar 22, 20 artist laure prouvost is exhibiting a new work, farfromwords, at londons whitechapel gallery. Based in london and new york, the englishlanguage publication is part of a network of. Laure prouvost, london art book fair, whitechapel gallery, london.
Language in its broadest sense permeates the video, sound, installation and performance work of laure prouvost. Laure prouvost believes her turner win is down to teacups with buttocks. Starting in september, the mmk museum fur moderne kunst will present the turner prize winner laure prouvost b. The first experience of laure prouvosts work can be unforgettable. Mellon foundation, the national endowment for the arts, and the william and nadine mcguire commissioning fund. First shown at mmk frankfurt in 2016 and reconfigured for the exhibition, this hypnagogic. Laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 french video and multimedia artist is surprise winner of uks most prestigious art prize at ceremony in derry, northern ireland published. Entering laure prouvosts studio in east london, which she has sublet for the past five years, i am taken aback by its modesty of scale. Aug 04, 2015 artist laure prouvost has an unusual solo show this month at rupert, an arts center in vilnius, lithuania best known for her films and installations, prouvost won the 20 turner prize for her.
Her installation wantee, for instance, which earned her. For forgetting is on view at the new museum from february 12april, 2014, and is curated by margot norton, assistant curator. The artist presents the fifth instalment of her ongoing project the wander, comprising a feature length film and seven gallery installlations, which take as th. And so begins owt 2007, a film that laure prouvost made shortly before she. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences the. Laure prouvost, you are deeper than what you think, art on the underground, heathrow t4, 2019.
She was the winner of the max mara art prize for women in 2011 in collaboration with the whitechapel gallery and has had solo shows at numerous internationally renowned establishments including tate britain, the new museum, new york, and the institute of contemporary arts, london. A lecture by artist and 20 turner prize winner laure prouvost, whose first u. The turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost is known for her lush, immersive films and mixedmedia installations. Laure asked eight people to watch her video three or four times and respond. She has toured salt istanbul, pirelli hangarbiocca and the walker art center in the last two years alone.
Laure prouvost was born in lille, france and is currently based in antwerp. Dec 03, 20 laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 french video and multimedia artist is surprise winner of uks most prestigious art prize at ceremony in derry, northern ireland published. Mar 21, 20 laure prouvost seduces at whitechapel gallery video interview french artist laure prouvost speaks to adrian searle about her new twopart installation at whitechapel gallery in london. Multidisciplinary art sensation laure prouvost will represent. Mmk museum fur moderne kunst frankfurtmain germany.
Dec 09, 2016 the solo exhibition gdm grand dads visitor center by laure prouvost, is a gesamtkunstwerk that brings together over fifteen works, including installations, videos and projections, sculptures and found objects. After receiving the max mara prize for women 2011, prouvost was the first french artist to win the prestigious turner prize for contemporary british artists andor living in greatbritain. Laure prouvost uses the irresistible pull of the narrative tradition within film to seduce and entertain the viewer with witty and mesmerising juxtapositions of text. Additional support provided by leni and david moore, jr. Interested in confounding linear narratives and expected associations among words, images, and meaning, she has said that in her works fiction and reality get really tangled. Sep 20, 20 entering laure prouvost s studio in east london, which she has sublet for the past five years, i am taken aback by its modesty of scale.
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