The gallery overall was amazing and nothing like i had seen before, it opened. This print has been generously donated by new artist patron laure prouvost as part of book works 35th anniversary programme of support towards their new commissions medium. French, born 1978 laure prouvost is a contemporary french artist known for her multimedia installations and performances. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. 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. In 1973 she protested, theres never any mention of me in those history books, its like i was never there. The artists biography that opens laure prouvost s the artist book is, like her films, an exercise in translation and reception, authorship and authority. People laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the venice biennale, wants you to know shes a bigtime liar. Laure prouvost born 1978 is a french artist living and working in antwerp, belgium. Legsicon delves into the philosophical depths of the artists practice, through the familiar. In 2011 she was awarded the max mara art prize for women, chosen from a distinguished shortlist of artists which included spartacus chetwynd, christina mackie, avis newman and emily wardill.
Turner prize 20 nominee laure prouvost uses the idea of the artists book as biography, juxtaposing formal devices with mininarratives, images, and. Text by nick aikens, fanni fetzer, bettina schmitt, barbara steveni. Welcome to the art lovers movie club, where every week youll find a new artist s video available exclusively online at for seven days. Biography and art, auction, artworks, interview, statement, website. A rising star in the global art world, the french, londonbased artist laure prouvost is recognized for her confounding nonlinear films and immersive. 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. Laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the. In 20, laure prouvost won the prestigious turner prize for her work wantee a video installation telling the truefictional story of her grandfathers relationship with kurt schwitters. The best new art books your 2020 reading list christies. For her inaugural new york exhibition, laure prouvost presents an immersive installation. 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. The turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost is known for her lush, immersive films and mixedmedia installations.
Eager to see the art in laure prouvost s first solo exhibition at lisson gallery in new york, visitors might breeze through its central installation. Bachelor of fine art hons, victorian college of the arts, university of melbourne, melbourne. Language in its broadest sense permeates the video, sound, installation and performance work of laure prouvost. 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 prouvost explores the processes of narrative, translation and reflection, and the substantial miscommunications, cultural slippages, inventive opportunities and transformations inherent to these processes. I discovered laure prouvost when visiting an art gallery in london,mirrorcity. Laure prouvost we will tell you loads of salades on our way to venice, 2018, join and support laure prouvost s project in venice in purchasing one of her limited edition of 100, 12. This volume takes its name from antwerpbased french artist laure prouvosts born 1978 first major solo exhibition in italy, gathering over 15 worksinstallation, videos and projections, sculptures and found objectsas a museum dedicated to prouvosts grandfather. The weird conceptual universe of the artist laure prouvost.
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. Laure prouvost s most recent exhibition in new york at lisson gallery 9 march14 april 2018 was a gesamtkunstwerk of sorts. Each mistranslation allows a new episode or incident to form that can disorder and reassemble its origin. For about 20 years, laure prouvost has been developing a protean body of work, giving shape to original stories and tales. During her early years in london, she worked as an assistant to john latham british, 19212006, a conceptual artist well known for examining the. Tania bruguera, douglas gordon, laure prouvost and. A strong narrative impulse propels her practice, resulting in immersive, transmedial installations.
In 2019, she represented france at the venice biennale with the multimedia work the deep blue sea surrounding you. Digital pigment print on somerset photo satin 300gsm. Laure prouvost, the artist book special edition, 20. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences the. Artist book published by perimeter books, melbourne. Playful, serious, absurd, seductive and bodily, legsicon is a major new publication by laure prouvost, published to accompany her current exhibition at m hka, ambigyouus legsicon, from 8 feb 19 may 2019. 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 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. She studied film at central saint martins in london between 1999 and 2002, and later attended goldsmiths college. 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. Laure prouvost artist bio and art for sale artspace. Laure prouvost s artistic output consistently returns to themes of escape into unfamiliar worlds or imaginings of unexpected alternative environments.
Or, rather, an exercise in mistranslation and obfuscation, authorlessness and with a nod to georges bataille, who unwittingly provides the books cover formlessness. In november 2011 laure prouvost was announced as winner of the max mara art prize that includes a sixmonth residency in italy based at the. Following her residency at the british school at rome and at the cittadellarte fondazione pistoletto in biella, prouvost presented an installation inspired by the aesthetic and sensuous pleasures of. Aug 2, 20 laure prouvost, the artist book special edition, 20. The artists words will appear alongside original contributions by theoreticians, art critics, and curators, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of each. Legsicon delves into the philosophical depths of the artist s practice, through the familiar, if transformed, format of a lexicon, to portray the work of an artist developing complex thought through artistic languages.
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. The gallery space will be transformed into a subterranean travel agency, deep travel ink, 2016 with ambiguous function, purported to belong to the artist s uncle. Her largest exhibition yet opens today at the museum of contemporary art. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. First publication ever to provide a complete survey of the artists oeuvre to date. The londonbased french artist who won the turner prize in 20 is glad success didnt find her before her 30s.
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 read more. Deviating from a typical monograph, legsicon functions as a sort of dictionary. Laure prouvost was the rank outsider from a particularly strong 20 shortlist that included the higherprofile artists tino seghal and david shrigley. Its great youre here come with me the narrator or perhaps more accurately the host in shed a light murmurs to us at the beginning of laure prouvost s 2018 video. The artist laure prouvost, who was born in france but has lived in london since she was 18, won the award given to a british artist under 50. In 2011, londonbased french artist laure prouvost was announced the winner of the fourth max mara art prize for women. Like her art, the book is fastpaced and full of quick turns and surprises. Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france and lives and works in london.
Situated at the entrance to the gallery, it looks like an unkempt and outdated version of an art gallerys normally pristine front desk featuring a guest book, a stack of. The work, commissioned by grizedale arts and the tate britain, is a poignant example of laure s immersive filmmaking style, her tangling of narratives and her bewildering montage echnique. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. Whether in videos, installations or performances, the narratives of french artist laure prouvost born 1978 never fail to fascinate.
Through her work, the artist seeks to destabilize the relationship between language, sensation, and understanding, using familiar narratives in her films to entice the viewer. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Legsicon delves into the philosophical depths of the artist s practice, through the familiar, if transformed, format of a lexicon, to portray the work of an artist developing complex. Sold out 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. Interested in confounding linear narratives and expected associations among words, images, and meaning, she has said that in her works fiction and. The show spread through the entire 10 th avenue gallery space and included two years of artistic production. An image archivist whether she finds or collects them, the french artist masters the compiling of this visual matter, whose abundance captivates viewers.
Her installation wantee, for instance, which earned her. In surprise win, laure prouvost takes turner prize the. Legsicon delves into the philosophical depths of the artists practice, through the familiar, if transformed, format of a lexicon, to portray the work of an artist. Laure prouvost explores the processes of narrative, translation and reflection, and the. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Book works is a publisher of artists books and a bookbinding studio. It uses typical processes of the artist s practice such as leftover objects from the film, resin, clay, glass, plants or water vapor, and features performances interacting with the architecture and the objects.
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