First shown at mmk frankfurt in 2016 and reconfigured for the exhibition, this hypnagogic. Laure prouvost was the rank outsider from a particularly strong 20 shortlist that included the higherprofile artists tino seghal and david shrigley. Mar 21, 20 french artist laure prouvost speaks to adrian searle about her new twopart installation at whitechapel gallery in london. She lives and works in london, uk and antwerp, belgium.
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. These and other sections demonstrate prouvosts peculiar and complex navigation of influence, humour. Laure prouvost is a contemporary french artist known for her multimedia installations and performances. Prouvost explores the sorrows and dreams of her grandmother, the abandoned partner of prouvosts missing artist grandfather. Londonbased artist and filmmaker laure prouvosts humorous short films employ storytelling to construct precisely edited narratives that toy with language and association. These and other sections demonstrate prouvost s peculiar and complex navigation of influence, humour, art history and methodologies that informs her idiosyncratic language. 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. Mar 17, 2018 laure prouvost was born in lille, france 1978 and is currently based in london and antwerp. Feb 27, 2014 a lecture by artist and 20 turner prize winner laure prouvost, whose first u. Laure prouvost is a frenchborn artist who resides and works in london, england.
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. Laure prouvost artists profile the saatchi gallery. Laure prouvost seduces at whitechapel gallery video. French artist laure prouvost has won the max mara art prize for women for her film and installation work. Artist laure prouvost joins exhibition curator victoria sung for a conversation about prouvost s work and the development of they are waiting for you.
Language in its broadest sense permeates the video, sound, installation and performance work of laure prouvost. Hit flash back bilingual edition by laure prouvost artist isbn. Additional support provided by leni and david moore, jr. Laure prouvost, london art book fair, whitechapel gallery, london. Expanding on macbeths layered ideas of translation and misinterpretation prouvost transposes the text into. Her seductive and disorienting tales toy with the audiences ability to become fully absorbed by a single narrative. The artist book includes multivoiced biographies by anonymous contributors, that combine illustrated fantasies, anecdotes and vignettes of the artist, alongside collages of the artist s studio, personal communications and a film on paper. The art newspaper is the journal of record for the visual arts world, covering international news and events. In 2002, she received her bfa from central st martins, london and studied towards her mfa at goldsmiths college, london. 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. 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 turner prize winner 20 award youtube. Laure prouvost 1978 is a french artist who lives and works in london. Laure prouvost we will tell you loads of salades on our way to venice, 2018, join and support laure prouvosts project in venice in purchasing one of her limited edition of 100, 12.
Dec 03, 20 installation artist laure prouvost is named the winner of the 20 turner prize at an awards ceremony in londonderry, the uk city of culture 20. 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. Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france. The artist studied film at central saint martins csm and also attended goldsmiths, which is part of the university of london. The video installation is the result of a 6month long residency in italy as part of the max mara art prize for women. Together prouvost and parsonslord playfully and seductively explore human sensuality, technology and nature. Birds chirping air whooshing birds chirping children murmurs birds chirping air whooshing it smell soon.
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. Laure prouvost artist biography original signed artworks. However, laure prouvost s work includes the art forms of collage, installation, and film in combination. 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. Having won the prestigious max mara art prize for women in. 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. Following her residency at the british school at rome and at the cittadellarte fondazione pistoletto in biella, prouvost presented an installation inspired by. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Artist laure prouvosts solo show at londons whitechapel gallery artist laure prouvost is exhibiting a new work, farfromwords, at londons whitechapel gallery. 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. 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. Here, the turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost explains the role of tea in her work and life through a 15yearold tea bag once used by her grandparents partly fictional characters central. Prouvost, winner of the max mara art prize for women, discusses swallow.
Laure prouvost, wantee, 20, installation view, kunstmuseum lucerne, 2016. Artist laure prouvosts solo show at londons whitechapel. Yet, much like classic structuralist film, prouvost is keen to expose the mechanical components and basic limitations of the medium. Mar 22, 20 artist laure prouvost is exhibiting a new work, farfromwords, at londons whitechapel gallery. Laure prouvost artist bio and art for sale artspace. 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. The turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost is known for her lush, immersive films and mixedmedia installations. They are waiting for you is organized by the walker art center, minneapolis and made possible with generous support. Laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 art and design the. 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. 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.
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. Dec 02, 20 laure prouvost is the winner of this years turner prize. 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. Prouvost, shortlisted for a film installation inspired by the artist kurt schwitters, was awarded the. However, laure prouvosts work includes the art forms of collage, installation, and film in combination. Laure prouvost is known for films and installations characterised by richly layered stories, translation, and surreal moments. Laure prouvost, they are waiting for you, 2017 laure prouvost. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale. They are waiting for you is made possible with generous support from the andrew w. 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. First shown at mmk frankfurt in 2016 and reconfigured for the exhibition, this hypnagogic environment, replete with. She has toured salt istanbul, pirelli hangarbiocca and the walker art center in the last two years alone.
French artist laure prouvost speaks to adrian searle about her new twopart installation at whitechapel gallery in london. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. Laure prouvost installation and video artist youtube. A french artist who examines our relationship with the past using the technology of the instagram generation has been named the surprise winner of the turner prize. 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. She was winner of the turner prize 20 for her exhibition farfromwords at the whitechapel gallery, london, which toured to collezione maramotti, reggio emilia, italy and her film installation wantee, as part of schwitters in britain, tate britain, london. In her current show, laure prouvost, a frenchborn artist who won the turner prize in 20, combines the punchy urgency of movie trailers with.
This years turner prize winner, laure prouvost, surprised many by taking home the prestigious prize with her moving piece wantee, which weaves together a fictional narrative about her grandfathers relationship with artist kurt schwitters. 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. Swallow all works 20, the central video of this twopart installation, is a meditation on pleasure, seen through the eyes of a hypothetical aesthete on. In 2019, she represented france at the venice biennale with the multimedia work the deep blue sea surrounding you. 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. In 2011, londonbased french artist laure prouvost was announced the winner of the fourth max mara art prize for women. A crosssection of the turner prize winning artists moving image and sound work presented as part of the ica artists moving image network. 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. Mellon foundation, the national endowment for the arts, and the william and nadine mcguire commissioning fund. Laure prouvost studied film at central saint martins and goldsmiths. Posted on may 6, 2020 by loyal monahan air whooshing birds chirping insects chirping this film is naked. For her inaugural new york exhibition, laure prouvost presents an immersive installation. The presentation at the bass is coordinated by leilani lynch, assistant curator. She received her bfa from central st martins, london in 2002 and studied towards her mfa at goldsmiths.
Grandmas dream was created as a companion piece to wantee, laure prouvosts turner prize winning film exhibition. Multidisciplinary art sensation laure prouvost will. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences the. An artist on the magical importance of a 15yearold tea.
Her installation wantee, for instance, which earned her. Laure prouvost artist talk hirshhorn museum prerna. 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. A lecture by artist and 20 turner prize winner laure prouvost, whose first u. Laure prouvost dropped here and then, to live, leave it all behind 25 juin 25 septembre 2016 au consortium, centre dart a dijon commissariat portrait of an artist laure prouvost on vimeo. Laure prouvost is a french artist living and working in antwerp, belgium. 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. Installation artist laure prouvost is named the winner of the 20 turner prize at an awards ceremony in londonderry, the uk city of culture 20. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Recieved her bfa from central st martins, london 2002 and her mfa from goldsmiths college, london 2010. They are waiting for you is organized by victoria sung, assistant curator, visual arts, with gwyneth shanks, interdisciplinary fellow, visual arts. Laure prouvost was born in lille, france and is currently based in antwerp. Laure prouvost swallow collezione maramotti, reggio emilia 20. The international critics prize fipresci prize, oberhausen short film festival, oberhausen.
Jul 20, 2018 here, the turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost explains the role of tea in her work and life through a 15yearold tea bag once used by her grandparents partly fictional characters central. 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. The video installation is the result of a 6month long residency in italy as.