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 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. Mar 22, 20 artist laure prouvost is exhibiting a new work, farfromwords, at londons whitechapel gallery. Books by annie burrows author of the viscount and the virgin. Annie burrows has 123 books on goodreads with 171 ratings. However, laure prouvost s work includes the art forms of collage, installation, and film in combination. Laure prouvost on politics, mythmaking and her grandmas cureall tipple. She received her bfa from central st martins, london in. Mar 21, 20 french artist laure prouvost speaks to adrian searle about her new twopart installation at whitechapel gallery in london. In surprise win, laure prouvost takes turner prize the.
Laure prouvost artists profile the saatchi gallery. 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. Laure prouvost seduces at whitechapel gallery video. Her work has featured in solo exhibitions including art now lightbox at tate britain, london 2010, frieze frame at frieze art fair, london 2010 and burrow me at lighthouse, brighton 2009. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences the. 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. 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. 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. Laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 art and design.
Laure prouvost exhibition opens at new museum the new. Laure prouvost shot to artworld fame in 20 when she became the first french artist to be awarded the turner prize. An artist on the magical importance of a 15yearold tea. The video installation is the result of a 6month long residency in italy as part of the max mara art prize for women. 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. 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. For forgetting is on view at the new museum from february 12april, 2014, and is curated by margot norton, assistant curator. Her installation wantee, for instance, which earned her. In 2002, she received her bfa from central st martins, london and studied towards her mfa at goldsmiths college, london. 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.
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. Mar 17, 2018 laure prouvost was born in lille, france 1978 and is currently based in london and antwerp. Discover book depositorys huge selection of laure prouvost books online. The exhibition at the mmk 3 is the second and central chapter of a threepart survey of the work of laure prouvost. 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. 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. Born in 1978 in lille, france, laure prouvost lives and works in london, uk. Laure prouvost artist bio and art for sale artspace. 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.
Expanding on macbeths layered ideas of translation and misinterpretation prouvost transposes the text into. You could have made a tidy sum, i say, backing yourself to win at 61. Laure prouvost, london art book fair, whitechapel gallery, london. Her installation wantee was made in coniston, inspired by the pioneering artist kurt schwitters, who lived in the area in the. They are waiting for you is made possible with generous support from the andrew w. 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. Laure prouvost to produce new art on the underground. Laure prouvost born 1978 is a french artist living and working in antwerp, belgium. Her first impulse was to cover the london underground in breasts but instead the turner prizewinner is urging commuters to pick up shovels. 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.
Having won the prestigious max mara art prize for women in. Multidisciplinary art sensation laure prouvost will represent. Laure prouvost was born in lille, france 1978 and is currently based in london and antwerp. The french artist, for whom interviews are treated as a piece of. Laure prouvost is a frenchborn artist who resides and works in london, england. 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. The artists concern is with penetration of unknown worlds, escape from everyday life, and the conscious loss of the self in the hope of ultimately finding ones way back to it again. These and other sections demonstrate prouvosts peculiar and complex navigation of influence, humour. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. Laure prouvost is a contemporary french artist known for her multimedia installations and performances. These and other sections demonstrate prouvost s peculiar and complex navigation of influence, humour, art history and methodologies that informs her idiosyncratic language.
The turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost is known for her lush, immersive films and mixedmedia installations. Laure prouvost was born in lille, france and is currently based in antwerp. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. After receiving the max mara prize for women 2011, prouvost was the first french artist to win the prestigious turner prize for contemporary artists based in great britain. Ai weiwei and laure prouvost doesnt try to make sense, but does. A new work by laure prouvost, the turner prizewinning visual artist, has its debut at the new museum. Laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the. Graeme robertson for the guardian prouvost, 35, is a french artist but studied in london at goldsmiths and central saint martins and has. She received her bfa from central st martins, london in 2002 and studied towards her mfa at goldsmiths. Artist laure prouvosts solo show at londons whitechapel. Prouvost, winner of the max mara art prize for women, discusses swallow. Trespassing allowed at laure prouvost s secret parisian garden of delights. She lives and works in london, uk and antwerp, belgium.
This ambitious citywide series of posters will takeover advertising sites across all 270 london underground stations will be her first uk public commission. 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. Her largest exhibition yet opens today at the museum of contemporary art. London the artist laure prouvost, whose works combine whimsical objects and drawings in evocative settings with an instagramlike stream of. 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.
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 wins turner prize 20 art and design the. Laure prouvost, the frenchborn artist who won the max mara prize earlier this year, keeps the fun going in a very subtle way with a film homage to her late grandfather, a prolific artist and. In 2008, two years after the british conceptual artist died, it was transformed into a public gallery and includes an archive devoted to him. Additional support provided by leni and david moore, jr.
Dec 04, 20 laure prouvost won the prestigious contemporary art prize on monday. The weird conceptual universe of the artist laure prouvost. Mellon foundation, the national endowment for the arts, and the william and nadine mcguire commissioning fund. 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. Yet implied storylines are quickly undermined by outofcontext comments and visuals that introduce a surreal dimension to the viewing experience laure prouvost. Born in 1978 in france and being a french artist living in london, laure prouvost frequently thematizes language and communication in her video work, exploring the capacity of words to express concepts and the ability of sounds to articulate emotion. 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. Mar 30, 2012 laure prouvost was born in lille, france and works in london. The latest news and comment on artist laure prouvost may 2019 the glastonbury of art. Jun 01, 2010 laure prouvosts terse, mischievous shaggydog stories are well suited to flat time house, the south london home of the late john latham. Laure prouvost mmk museum fur moderne kunst art matter. Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france.
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. Laure prouvost to produce new art on the underground commission. Laure prouvost was the rank outsider from a particularly strong 20 shortlist that included the higherprofile artists tino seghal and david shrigley. Provost was the winner of the principle prize at the 2011 oberhausen short film festival.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The frenchbritish artist laure prouvost has been commissioned by art on the underground to create a major new artwork. Laure prouvost, wantee, 20, installation view, kunstmuseum lucerne, 2016. Language in its broadest sense permeates the video, sound, installation and performance work of laure prouvost. 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. Nov 20, 2017 photo bertrand huet and tutti, courtesy the artist and galerie nathalie obadia, paris, brussels. Looking at you looking at us at galerie nathalie obadia. 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. People laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the venice biennale, wants you to know shes a bigtime liar. 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. Laure prouvosts turner prize art to have cumbria show bbc news. Dec 03, 20 i went to the betting shop this afternoon, says laure prouvost, to put a bet on the turner prize.
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