The artist book book works artists books laure prouvost, fraser muggeridge on. 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. She lives and works in london, uk and antwerp, belgium. Laure prouvost it, hit, heat 2010 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 and image. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The chapmans, laure prouvost, and john craxton ra blog. Laure prouvosts garden of earthly delights port magazine. Laure prouvost, london art book fair, whitechapel gallery, london. Laure prouvost artists profile the saatchi gallery. Text by nick aikens, fanni fetzer, bettina schmitt, barbara steveni.
Laure prouvost is a contemporary french artist known for her multimedia installations and performances. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. 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. They are waiting for you is made possible with generous support from the andrew w. In translating video, painting and sound onto the printed pages prouvost instills the object with emotion and a sensorial selfawareness, and invites the reader to share the artist. They are waiting for you is organized by the walker art center, minneapolis and made possible with generous support from the andrew w. This ambitious citywide series of posters will takeover advertising sites across all 270 london underground stations will be her first uk public commission. The best new art books your 2020 reading list christies. The presentation at the bass is coordinated by leilani lynch, assistant curator.
Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france, and lives and works in london. The chapmans, laure prouvost, and john craxton ra our pick of this weeks art events by sam phillips published 5 february 2014. Laure prouvost on politics, mythmaking and her grandmas cureall tipple. It, heat, hit is a new work that constructs and propels an inferred story through a fastmoving sequence of written commentary and excerpts of everyday incidents and pictures that have been filmed by the artist. The central work, it, heat, hit, is a sixminute movie screened in a. Language in its broadest sense permeates the video, sound, installation and performance work of laure prouvost. Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france. Whether in videos, installations or performances, the narratives of french artist laure prouvost born 1978 never fail to fascinate. The weird conceptual universe of the artist laure prouvost ahead of representing france at the venice biennale, the turner prizewinner talks about creating her semifictional world share on. In this project she uses the material format and expectations of the artist book as a means to make new work. Innocent and pleasing images, such as a swimming frog or snowy street scene, are followed by statements of love and implied violence. Laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the. Laure prouvost explores the processes of narrative, translation and reflection, and the substantial miscommunications, cultural slippages, inventive. Her largest exhibition yet opens today at the museum of contemporary art.
Laure prouvost exhibition opens at new museum the new. During her early years in london, she worked as an assistant to john latham british, 19212006, a conceptual artist well known for examining the. Laure prouvost to produce new art on the underground. She graduated from central saint martins college of arts in 2002. The french artist laure prouvosts current exhibition at eflux in new york it, heat, hit, until 26 october, opens with a subtitled explanation. Laure prouvost, ideally some big shelf with beautiful books be here. Ideally this description would be more idealist, as the artist writes under one entry. Upon entering the gallery, you encountered a printed sign reading. 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. After graduating from central st martins in 2002, she worked as an artist s assistant to john latham before studying at goldsmiths college. Laure prouvost, it, heat, hit, 2010, video, 7 minutes 0. The frenchbritish artist laure prouvost has been commissioned by art on the underground to create a major new artwork.
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. In for a better life 2006 prouvost serenades a row of charmingly captivated cows standing by the roadside. Mellon foundation, the national endowment for the arts, and the william and nadine mcguire commissioning fund. 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. They are waiting for you is organized by victoria sung, assistant curator, visual arts, with gwyneth shanks, interdisciplinary fellow, visual arts. Laure prouvosts it, heat, hit is a staccato composition of fragmentary. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences the. Speak, at the serpentine sackler gallery, brought together four artists tania bruguera, douglas gordon, laure prouvost, cally spooner and coincided with the serpentine gallerys survey of the late british conceptual artist john latham. It heat hit, black box gallery part of fourth wall series, vox populi, philadelphia.
Laure prouvost was the rank outsider from a particularly strong 20 shortlist that included the higherprofile artists tino seghal and david shrigley. Eager to see the art in laure prouvosts first solo exhibition at lisson gallery in. A new work by laure prouvost, the turner prizewinning visual artist, has its debut at the new museum. Laure prouvost, you are deeper than what you think, art on the underground, heathrow t4, 2019. Laure prouvost artist bio and art for sale artspace. Laure prouvost 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 and image. Laure prouvost, it heat hit, 2010, digital video, 7. Tania bruguera, douglas gordon, laure prouvost and. Her installation wantee, for instance, which earned her. 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. 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. 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 psychoanalytic theory. In 2019, she represented france at the venice biennale with the multimedia work the deep blue sea surrounding you. It heat hit 2010 by turner prize winner laure prouvost is part of art basel 2015s short film program voices from the off curated.
Turner prize nominee laure prouvost uses the idea of the artist s book as biography, juxtaposing formal devices with mininarratives, images, and additional handwritten notes. Born in france, laure prouvost received the max mara prize for women, 2012, and will be exhibiting new work at. Laure prouvost s latest outing in new york was up front about its own capriciousness. The piece opens in a darkened room, with american curator michael connor reflecting on the differing approaches to cinema and artists film. Biography and art, auction, artworks, interview, statement, website. People laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the venice biennale, wants you to know shes a bigtime liar. Prouvost told me that her film has veered so far from macbeths book that it. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences laure prouvosts it, heat, hit on view at eflux. Heat, hit 2010, a selfdescribed 3d film without the 3d that was shown. The artist concludes the program with a new work in her metal men series titled monitor head 2017. The french artist, for whom interviews are treated as a piece of. Laure prouvost installation and video artist youtube. And so begins owt 2007, a film that laure prouvost made shortly before she. And so begins owt 2007, a film that laure prouvost made shortly before she went to goldsmiths college in london.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. This volume takes its name from antwerpbased french artist laure prouvost s born 1978 first major solo exhibition in italy, gathering over 15 worksinstallation, videos and projections, sculptures and found objectsas a museum dedicated to prouvost s grandfather. 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. Laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 art and design.
Laure prouvost born 1978 is a french artist living and working in antwerp, belgium. 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. After graduating from central st martins in 2002, she worked as an artist s assistant to john latham before studying at. Additional support provided by leni and david moore, jr. In translating video, painting and sound onto the printed pages prouvost instills the object with emotion and a sensorial selfawareness, and invites the reader to share the artist s psychological experience. She studied film at central saint martins in london between 1999 and 2002, and later attended goldsmiths college. Laure prouvost s surreal, mazelike installation dedicated to her grandfather in milans pirelli hangarbicocca. The weird conceptual universe of the artist laure prouvost. Laure prouvost 1978 is an artist born in 1978 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 2015, at christies, and the most recent auction result is a objects sold in 2019. The turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost is known for her lush, immersive films and mixedmedia installations.
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