Laure Prouvost Explained

Laure Prouvost
Caption:Laure Prouvost 2015
Birth Place:Croix, France
Field:art installations, sculpture, painting, tapestry, video installations
Training:Central Saint Martins, Goldsmiths
Awards:Turner Prize, MaxMara Art Prize
Nationality:French
Notable Works:Wantee (2013)
Website:https://www.laureprouvost.com

Laure Prouvost (born 1978) is a French artist living and working in Brussels, Belgium. She won the 2013 Turner Prize. In 2019, she represented France at the Venice Biennale with the multi-media installation Deep See Blue Surrounding You .[1]

Early life and education

Prouvost was born in Croix, an upscale suburb of Lille, France, and attended a local school with a strong arts focus.[2] [3]

Prouvost studied film at Central Saint Martins and also attended Goldsmiths, University of London.

Career

After graduating from Saint Martins, Prouvost worked as an assistant to the artist John Latham, who she describes as "more like a grandfather than my real grandfather".[4] She has exhibited at Tate Britain[5] and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.[6]

Prouvost was awarded the biennial MaxMara Art Prize for Women in 2011[7] and her work has appeared in the private contemporary art collection Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, Italy.[8] That same year, Prouvost was the principal prize winner at the 57th Oberhausen Film Festival.[9]

Prouvost won the Turner Prize in 2013 for an installation named Wantee made in response to the artist Kurt Schwitters. In a tea party setting a film describes a fictional relationship between Prouvost's grandfather and Schwitters.[10] The work is named in reference to the habit of Schwitters' partner of asking guests if they "want tea".[11] The panel described the work as "outstanding for its complex and courageous combination of images and objects in a deeply atmospheric environment".[12] Prouvost was generally considered a surprise winner.[3]

In 2014, Prouvost staged her first solo museum exhibition in the United States at the New Museum, titled For Forgetting.[13]

In 2018, Prouvost created an installation for the Palais de Tokyo in Paris titled Ring Sing and drink for Trespassing.[14]

In 2024, Prouvost was among the 18 artists selected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to create installations for the John F. Kennedy International Airport’s new Terminal 6, set to open in 2026.[15] [16]

Other activities

In 2018, Prouvost was a member of the jury that selected Helen Cammock as winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women.[17]

Personal life

Prouvost has two children.[18] After living in the United Kingdom for 18 years, she moved to Antwerp in 2014.[19] She lives and works in Molenbeek.[20]

Selected works

Selected exhibitions

Permanent works

Awards

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laure Prouvost is Digging a Tunnel Between the French and British Pavilions at the Venice Biennale. 8 May 2019.
  2. News: La Française Laure Prouvost remporte le prestigieux Turner Prize. Le Petit Journal. 3 December 2013.
  3. News: In Surprise Win, Laure Prouvost Takes Turner Prize. New York Times. 3 December 2013.
  4. News: In the studio: Laure Prouvost, film and installation artist - Features - Art - The Independent . Karen . Wright . . 20 September 2013 . . . 0951-9467 . 185201487 . 25 September 2013.
  5. Web site: Wantee and Friends | Tate . tate.org.uk . 2013 . 15 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Laure Prouvost Interview . 2024-06-07 . archive.ica.art . en.
  7. Web site: 2011-11-22 . Laure Prouvost wins women's art prize . 2024-06-07 . BBC News . en-GB.
  8. Web site: BBC News - Laure Prouvost wins women's art prize . bbc.co.uk . 2013 . 25 September 2013.
  9. Web site: Frieze Magazine | Archive | Focus: Laure Prouvost . frieze.com . 2013 . principal prize winner at the 57th Oberhausen Film Festival. . 25 September 2013.
  10. Web site: Turner prize 2013: a shortlist strong on wit and charm | Art and design | theguardian.com . Charlotte . Higgins . theguardian.com . 2013 . 25 September 2013.
  11. News: Laure Prouvost wins Turner prize 2013. The Guardian. 2 December 2013.
  12. Web site: BBC News - Turner Prize 2013: Laure Prouvost wins £25,000 prize . bbc.co.uk . 2013 . 2 December 2013.
  13. News: Rosenberg . Karen . 20 February 2014 . Laure Prouvost Exhibition Opens at New Museum - NYTimes.com . 13 March 2014 . . . 0362-4331.
  14. Book: Adler, Laure. The trouble with women artists : reframing the history of art. Viéville, Camille,, Robinson, Kate. 2019. 978-2-08-020370-0. English-language. Paris. 1090006696.
  15. Hilarie M. Sheets (16 July 2024), Move Over, La Guardia and Newark: 18 Artists to Star at New J.F.K. Terminal New York Times.
  16. Tessa Solomon (16 July 2024), 18 New York Artists Tapped to Create Works for JFK’s New Terminal ARTnews.
  17. Claire Selvin (16 April 2018), https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/helen-cammock-wins-max-mara-art-prize-women-10147/ ARTnews.
  18. Kate Kellaway (15 November 2015), Laure Prouvost, 37: ‘I feel I have lived many lives’ The Guardian.
  19. Hettie Judah (16 June 2019), Europe or bust: why Laure Prouvost wants us to dig our way out of Brexit The Guardian.
  20. https://www.nmnm.mc/en/exhibitions/laure-prouvost-momo/ Laure Prouvost – MoMo 8 Flags, 7 May-3 June 2024
  21. Web site: Habiter, nager, léviter, méduser Bozar Bruxelles . 2024-05-23 . www.bozar.be . fr-BE.

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