Laure prouvost artist bio and art for sale artspace. In this project she uses the material format and expectations of the artist book as a means to make new work. 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. Laure prouvost, it, heat, hit, 2010, video, 7 minutes 0. 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. 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.
And so begins owt 2007, a film that laure prouvost made shortly before she. It heat hit, black box gallery part of fourth wall series, vox populi, philadelphia. 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 was the rank outsider from a particularly strong 20 shortlist that included the higherprofile artists tino seghal and david shrigley.
Laure prouvost, sara magenheimer, tony cokes, and alexander kluge all make videos that combine spoken and written language, focusing on the slippage of meaning and description as material and subject matter. A new work by laure prouvost, the turner prizewinning visual artist, has its debut at the new museum. The central work, it, heat, hit, is a sixminute movie screened in a. 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.
Her largest exhibition yet opens today at the museum of contemporary art. Mellon foundation, the national endowment for the arts, and the william and nadine mcguire commissioning fund. They are waiting for you is organized by victoria sung, assistant curator, visual arts, with gwyneth shanks, interdisciplinary fellow, visual arts. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences laure prouvosts it, heat, hit on view at eflux. Laure prouvost s surreal, mazelike installation dedicated to her grandfather in milans pirelli hangarbicocca. Laure prouvost, ideally some big shelf with beautiful books be here. Owt, 2007, film still in many of her films the french artists voice softly. The weird conceptual universe of the artist laure prouvost. Laure prouvost was born in 1978 in croixlille, france. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The 11th episode of the on screensound series presents a selection of films and videos that play with the relationship between textual and spoken language.
And so begins owt 2007, a film that laure prouvost made shortly before she went to goldsmiths college in london. Laure prouvost to produce new art on the underground. In 2019, she represented france at the venice biennale with the multimedia work the deep blue sea surrounding you. Upon entering the gallery, you encountered a printed sign reading. Laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the. They are waiting for you is organized by the walker art center, minneapolis and made possible with generous support from the andrew w. The piece opens in a darkened room, with american curator michael connor reflecting on the differing approaches to cinema and artists film. Additional support provided by leni and david moore, jr. Laure prouvost, an artist of theories and influences the. Organized by melanie kress, high line art associate curator. Laure prouvost wins turner prize 20 art and design. Eager to see the art in laure prouvosts first solo exhibition at lisson gallery in. The artist concludes the program with a new work in her metal men series titled monitor head 2017. Laure prouvost, it heat hit, 2010, digital video, 7.
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. 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 explores the processes of narrative, translation and reflection, and the substantial miscommunications, cultural slippages, inventive. Innocent and pleasing images, such as a swimming frog or snowy street scene, are followed by statements of love and implied violence. Ideally this description would be more idealist, as the artist writes under one entry. The chapmans, laure prouvost, and john craxton ra blog. Laure prouvost, you are deeper than what you think, art on the underground, heathrow t4, 2019. Laure prouvost born 1978 is a french artist living and working in antwerp, belgium. The intradisciplinary seminar ids public lecture series presents a lecture by laure prouvost entitled the smoking image at the cooper union, on monday, february 12, 2018, at 7. It heat hit 2010 by turner prize winner laure prouvost is part of art basel 2015s short film program voices from the off curated. 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 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. 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.
In for a better life 2006 prouvost serenades a row of charmingly captivated cows standing by the roadside. Laure prouvost on politics, mythmaking and her grandmas cureall tipple. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Laure prouvost exhibition opens at new museum the new. This ambitious citywide series of posters will takeover advertising sites across all 270 london underground stations will be her first uk public commission. Language in its broadest sense permeates the video, sound, installation and performance work of laure prouvost. A lecture by artist and 20 turner prize winner laure prouvost, whose first u.
Born in france, laure prouvost received the max mara prize for women, 2012, and will be exhibiting new work at. 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. The chapmans, laure prouvost, and john craxton ra our pick of this weeks art events by sam phillips published 5 february 2014. 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. Prouvost told me that her film has veered so far from macbeths book that it. Laure prouvosts it, heat, hit is a staccato composition of fragmentary. 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. She graduated from central saint martins college of arts in 2002.
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. 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. 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 was born in 1978 in croixlille, france, and lives and works in london. The turner prizewinning artist laure prouvost is known for her lush, immersive films and mixedmedia installations.
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. She lives and works in london, uk and antwerp, belgium. Biography and art, auction, artworks, interview, statement, website. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. 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. People laure prouvost, the artist representing france in the venice biennale, wants you to know shes a bigtime liar. 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. They are waiting for you is made possible with generous support from the andrew w. Laure prouvost s latest outing in new york was up front about its own capriciousness. F rench artist laure prouvost moved to london aged 18.
Tania bruguera, douglas gordon, laure prouvost and. Laure prouvost artists profile the saatchi gallery. The french artist, for whom interviews are treated as a piece of. The best new art books your 2020 reading list christies. After graduating from central st martins in 2002, she worked as an artist s assistant to john latham before studying at.
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. The presentation at the bass is coordinated by leilani lynch, assistant curator. 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. Laure prouvost installation and video artist youtube. 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. She studied film at central saint martins in london between 1999 and 2002, and later attended goldsmiths college. The frenchbritish artist laure prouvost has been commissioned by art on the underground to create a major new artwork. Laure prouvosts garden of earthly delights port magazine. After graduating from central st martins in 2002, she worked as an artist s assistant to john latham before studying at goldsmiths college.