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Laure Prouvost

Laure Prouvost’s artistic output consistently returns to themes of escape into unfamiliar worlds or imaginings of unexpected alternative environments. A strong narrative impulse propels her practice, resulting in immersive, transmedial installations with interwoven story lines that combine fiction and reality. Her videos, installations, paintings and tapestries unhinge commonplace and expected connections between language, image, and perception. Stepping away from traditional linear narratives, the artist crafts sensual environments laden with playful mistranslation that open a space for the viewer to grapple with the unstable relationship between imagination and reality. The elasticity of the written word comprises a central element of Prouvost’s practice, stating: “Words for me are very visually powerful, because with words people create their own vision. I am just hinting and suggesting possibilities, the audience is making its own image in its head. It is also about misunderstanding, misinterpreting, miscommunicating - words also suggesting failure and other senses.”

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Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois ce bleu profond te fondre
Bilingual edition. Co-edited by Flammarion/Institut français
(directed by Martha Kirszenbaum)
272 pages - 215 x 285 mm
EAN : 9782081485501
ISBN : 9782081485501

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Laure Prouvost
LEGSICON
Book Works and M HKA, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-906012-99-1

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Laure Prouvost: Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing, Palais de Tokyo 
les presses du réel, 2018
ISBN: 978-2-37896-022-3

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Laure Prouvost 
We Will Go Far / A Way to Leak, Leek
Musee d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Fahrenheit by FLAX, 2016 
ISBN: 978-2-37372-014-3184 

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Laure Prouvost: Hit. Flash. Back
Mousse Publishing, 2016 
ISBN: 9788-8674-9233-6272 

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Laure Prouvost: We Would Be Floating Away from the Dirty Past
Walther Koenig, 2016 
(Ed) Julienne Lorz 
ISBN: 9783-9609-8012-496 

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This Book Likes You, (Artist Book) 
Book Works, 2013 
ISBN: 978-1-906012-44-1 -296 

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Laure Prouvost, Security Gate, 2019 wood and metal construction with concrete surface, acrylic, tapestry, motion sensor with sound 250 x 135 x 45 cm, unique

Laure Prouvost, Security Gate, 2019
wood and metal construction with concrete surface, acrylic, tapestry, motion sensor with sound
250 x 135 x 45 cm, unique

Laure Prouvost, Breathing Sun, 2019 fabric, 2 tapestries, metal man with mirror, glass objects, lights

Laure Prouvost, Breathing Sun, 2019
fabric, 2 tapestries, metal man with mirror, glass objects, lights

Laure Prouvost, Metal Yoga Woman – Knee Twist , 2019 metal sculpture with mirror, 87 x 94 x 134,5 cm

Laure Prouvost, Metal Yoga Woman – Knee Twist, 2019
metal sculpture with mirror, 87 x 94 x 134,5 cm

Laure Prouvost, Metal Man - IN REFLECTION WE REST , 2019 metal sculpture, oil on canvas, 115 x 150 x 120 cm

Laure Prouvost, Metal Man - IN REFLECTION WE REST, 2019
metal sculpture, oil on canvas, 115 x 150 x 120 cm

Laure Prouvost, You are deeper than what you think, Art on the Underground, Heathrow T4, 2019.  Photo: Thierry Bal.

Laure Prouvost, You are deeper than what you think, Art on the Underground, Heathrow T4, 2019. 
Photo: Thierry Bal.

Laure Prouvost, You are deeper than what you think, Art on the Underground, Stratford station, 2019.  Photo: Thierry Bal.

Laure Prouvost, You are deeper than what you think, Art on the Underground, Stratford station, 2019. 
Photo: Thierry Bal.

Laure Prouvost, They Parlaient Idéale, film still, 2019 HD video, 28 min 30 sec

Laure Prouvost, They Parlaient Idéale, film still, 2019
HD video, 28 min 30 sec

Laure Prouvost, They Parlaient Idéale, film still, 2019 HD video, 28 min 30 sec

Laure Prouvost, They Parlaient Idéale, film still, 2019
HD video, 28 min 30 sec

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre , French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre, French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre , French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre, French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre , French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre, French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, The End of a Dream, 2019 160 x 100 x 80 cm Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre , French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, The End of a Dream, 2019
160 x 100 x 80 cm

Laure Prouvost, Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre, French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. © Giacomo Cosua

Laure Prouvost, Cooling system 5 (for global warming), 2019 Glass, framed watercolour drawing (54 x 42 cm), wood stick 220 x 100 x 100 cm for Numéro Art, Photo: Harley Weir

Laure Prouvost, Cooling system 5 (for global warming), 2019
Glass, framed watercolour drawing (54 x 42 cm), wood stick
220 x 100 x 100 cm
for Numéro Art, Photo: Harley Weir

Laure Prouvost,  AM-BIG-YOU-US LEGSICON , exhibition view at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019 image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris and Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin) and Lisson Gallery (London and New York)

Laure Prouvost, AM-BIG-YOU-US LEGSICON, exhibition view at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019

image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris and Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin) and Lisson Gallery (London and New York)

Laure Prouvost,  AM-BIG-YOU-US LEGSICON , exhibition view at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019 image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris and Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin) and Lisson Gallery (London and New York)

Laure Prouvost, AM-BIG-YOU-US LEGSICON, exhibition view at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019

image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris and Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin) and Lisson Gallery (London and New York)

Laure Prouvost,  AM-BIG-YOU-US LEGSICON , exhibition view at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019 image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris and Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin) and Lisson Gallery (London and New York)

Laure Prouvost, AM-BIG-YOU-US LEGSICON, exhibition view at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019

image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris and Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin) and Lisson Gallery (London and New York)

Laure Prouvost, The hidden paintings grandma improved – hidden for too long, 2019 oil on canvas, 180 x 190 x 4 cm

Laure Prouvost, The hidden paintings grandma improved – hidden for too long, 2019
oil on canvas, 180 x 190 x 4 cm

Laure Prouvost, In Grand Ma’s Dream Grand Dad sculpture of her would look more like this, 2018 tapestry, 100 x 290 cm

Laure Prouvost, In Grand Ma’s Dream Grand Dad sculpture of her would look more like this, 2018
tapestry, 100 x 290 cm

Laure Prouvost,  We will tell you loads of salades on our way to Venice , 2018 Tapestry, thread, 42 x 60 cm, Edition of 100 + 10 AP  Laure Prouvost represents France at the 58th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia in 2019 Laure Prouvost playfully mistranslates the French popular expression "On va vous raconter des salades" (we will tell you lies), as an echo to her practice as well as her epic journey to the French Pavilion. The artist designed a tapestry to finance part of the production of the French Pavilion. Join the project and purchase one edition for 4000,00 EUR to support the artist and her project in Venice. All collected funds will be donated to ARTER in charge of the production of the Pavilion. This artwork is produced by a specialist in Flanders, Belgium, with whom Laure Prouvost regularly collaborates for all of her tapestries. An authenticity certificate will be sent along with the purchased edition. CLICK HERE  TO PRE-ORDER!

Laure Prouvost, We will tell you loads of salades on our way to Venice, 2018
Tapestry, thread, 42 x 60 cm, Edition of 100 + 10 AP 

Laure Prouvost represents France at the 58th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia in 2019

Laure Prouvost playfully mistranslates the French popular expression "On va vous raconter des salades" (we will tell you lies), as an echo to her practice as well as her epic journey to the French Pavilion. The artist designed a tapestry to finance part of the production of the French Pavilion.

Join the project and purchase one edition for 4000,00 EUR to support the artist and her project in Venice. All collected funds will be donated to ARTER in charge of the production of the Pavilion.

This artwork is produced by a specialist in Flanders, Belgium, with whom Laure Prouvost regularly collaborates for all of her tapestries. An authenticity certificate will be sent along with the purchased edition.

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER!

Laure Prouvost, Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing , exhibition view at Palais de Tokyo (22.06.2018 – 09.09.2018). Photo: Aurélien Mole 

Laure Prouvost, Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing, exhibition view at Palais de Tokyo (22.06.2018 – 09.09.2018). Photo: Aurélien Mole 

Laure Prouvost,  Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing , exhibition view at Palais de Tokyo (22.06.2018 – 09.09.2018). Photo: Aurélien Mole 

Laure Prouvost, Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing, exhibition view at Palais de Tokyo (22.06.2018 – 09.09.2018). Photo: Aurélien Mole 

Laure Prouvost, Ahead of Us , 2018 tapestry and small wooden branches, 300 x 400 cm Laure Prouvost,  Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing , exhibition view at Palais de Tokyo (22.06.2018 – 09.09.2018). Photo: Aurélien Mole 

Laure Prouvost, Ahead of Us, 2018
tapestry and small wooden branches, 300 x 400 cm

Laure Prouvost, Ring, Sing and Drink for Trespassing, exhibition view at Palais de Tokyo (22.06.2018 – 09.09.2018). Photo: Aurélien Mole 

Laure Prouvost, Shed a Light, 2018
video projection with sound, 17.56 min

Laure Prouvost,  Tourist Map, Deep Travel Ink. , 2018 tapestry + various found objects, 286 x 225 cm

Laure Prouvost, Tourist Map, Deep Travel Ink., 2018
tapestry + various found objects, 286 x 225 cm

Laure Prouvost,  The Hidden Paintings Grandma Improved - We Are Coming Out , 2018 oil on canvas, 150 x 150 x 4 cm

Laure Prouvost, The Hidden Paintings Grandma Improved - We Are Coming Out, 2018
oil on canvas, 150 x 150 x 4 cm

Laure Prouvost, DIT LEARN, 2017, HD digital video, 15.22 min

Laure Prouvost: DIT LEARN , 2017 HD digital video, 15.22 min, Exhibition view at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2017 ​courtesy the artist, carlier | gebauer, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Lisson Gallery Photo: Gene Pittman

Laure Prouvost: DIT LEARN, 2017
HD digital video, 15.22 min, Exhibition view at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2017
​courtesy the artist, carlier | gebauer, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Lisson Gallery
Photo: Gene Pittman

Laure Prouvost: They Are Waiting For You, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA mixed media installation, exhibition view courtesy the artist, carlier | gebauer, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Lisson Gallery

Laure Prouvost: They Are Waiting For You, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
mixed media installation, exhibition view
courtesy the artist, carlier | gebauer, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Lisson Gallery

Laure Prouvost & Jonas Staal, The Aube’s cure Parle Ment , exhibition view,  State (in) concepts , at Kadist, Paris, 2017 Photo: Aurélien Mole

Laure Prouvost & Jonas Staal, The Aube’s cure Parle Ment, exhibition view, State (in) concepts, at Kadist, Paris, 2017 Photo: Aurélien Mole

Laure Prouvost, Octopus Head Woman , 2017 HD video, 4 min, 232 x 90 x 118 cm

Laure Prouvost, Octopus Head Woman, 2017
HD video, 4 min, 232 x 90 x 118 cm

Laure Prouvost,  Cooling system 2 (b) (for global warming) , 2017 Murano glass,wood stick (226 x 52 cm), framed watercolour drawing (40 x 51.5 cm)

Laure Prouvost, Cooling system 2 (b) (for global warming), 2017
Murano glass,wood stick (226 x 52 cm), framed watercolour drawing (40 x 51.5 cm)

Laure Prouvost,  Cooling system 1 (b) (for global warming) , 2017 Murano glass, wood stick (​235 x 50 cm), framed watercolour drawing (51.5 x 40 cm)

Laure Prouvost, Cooling system 1 (b) (for global warming), 2017
Murano glass, wood stick (​235 x 50 cm), framed watercolour drawing (51.5 x 40 cm)

Laure Prouvost,  Grandma's Teapot Vitrine , 2016 vitrine and ceramics, 171 x 36,5 x 46,5 cm

Laure Prouvost, Grandma's Teapot Vitrine, 2016
vitrine and ceramics, 171 x 36,5 x 46,5 cm

Laure Prouvost,  end her Is story , 2017; Installation view Speak , Serpentine Sackler Gallery; Image © readsreads.info

Laure Prouvost, end her Is story, 2017; Installation view
Speak, Serpentine Sackler Gallery; Image © readsreads.info

Laure Prouvost,  the wet wet wanderer , exhibition view at Witte de With, Rotterdam, 2017 Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn

Laure Prouvost, the wet wet wanderer, exhibition view at Witte de With, Rotterdam, 2017
Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn

Laure Prouvost,  AND SHE WILL SAY: HI HER, AILLEURS, TO HIGHER GROUNDS… exhibition view at Kunstmuseum Luzern, 2016. Photo : Marc Latzel

Laure Prouvost, AND SHE WILL SAY: HI HER, AILLEURS, TO HIGHER GROUNDS…
exhibition view at Kunstmuseum Luzern, 2016. Photo : Marc Latzel

Laure Prouvost,  GDM – Grand Dad’s Visitor Center , exhibition view at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2016 Photo: Agostino Osio

Laure Prouvost, GDM – Grand Dad’s Visitor Center, exhibition view at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2016
Photo: Agostino Osio

Laure Prouvost,  Relique - This what i found shining in the distance deep down in the tunnel of his history , 2016 ceramics, Oil, collage and varnish on board sign: 21 x 26,5 cm | ceramics: 5 cm (each)

Laure Prouvost, Relique - This what i found shining in the distance deep
down in the tunnel of his history, 2016
ceramics, Oil, collage and varnish on board
sign: 21 x 26,5 cm | ceramics: 5 cm (each)

Laure Prouvost,  This dirty fig kissed many small boobs , 2016 oil on wood panel, plinth and fig, 21 x 26 x 2 cm

Laure Prouvost, This dirty fig kissed many small boobs, 2016
oil on wood panel, plinth and fig, 21 x 26 x 2 cm

Laure Prouvost,  Behind the lobby doors, the pepper is in the right eye , 2016 tapestry, 290 x 545 cm

Laure Prouvost, Behind the lobby doors, the pepper is in the right eye, 2016
tapestry, 290 x 545 cm

Laure Prouvost,  ALL BEHIND, WE’LL GO DEEPER, DEEP DOWN AND SHE WILL SAY:, 2016 exhibition view at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany photo: Axel Schneider

Laure Prouvost, ALL BEHIND, WE’LL GO DEEPER, DEEP DOWN AND SHE WILL SAY:, 2016
exhibition view at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany
photo: Axel Schneider

Laure Prouvost,  ALL BEHIND, WE’LL GO DEEPER, DEEP DOWN AND SHE WILL SAY:, 2016 exhibition view at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany photo: Axel Schneider

Laure Prouvost, ALL BEHIND, WE’LL GO DEEPER, DEEP DOWN AND SHE WILL SAY:, 2016
exhibition view at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany
photo: Axel Schneider

Laure Prouvost,  ALL BEHIND, WE’LL GO DEEPER, DEEP DOWN AND SHE WILL SAY:, 2016 exhibition view at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany photo: Axel Schneider

Laure Prouvost, ALL BEHIND, WE’LL GO DEEPER, DEEP DOWN AND SHE WILL SAY:, 2016
exhibition view at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany
photo: Axel Schneider

Laure Prouvost,  The TV mantel piece , 2016 Tapestry, shelf, ceramics, TV screen , teabags, knife, acrylic, paintings and stone 140 x 238 x 20 cm

Laure Prouvost, The TV mantel piece, 2016
Tapestry, shelf, ceramics, TV screen , teabags, knife, acrylic, paintings and stone
140 x 238 x 20 cm

Laure Prouvost,  DROPPED HERE AND THEN, TO LIVE, LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND exhibition view at Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Laure Prouvost, DROPPED HERE AND THEN, TO LIVE, LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
exhibition view at Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Laure Prouvost,  A Way to Leak, Lick, Leek , 2016, installation view, Vinyl tiles, resin, various electronic items, paper sheeting, iPads, iPhones, tablet screens, foliage, metal, plastic, wood, cables, polyester seats. Commission: Fahrenheit by FLAX. (Background)  Lick in the Past , 2016, video, duration 8:23 min

Laure Prouvost, A Way to Leak, Lick, Leek, 2016, installation view, Vinyl tiles, resin, various electronic items, paper sheeting, iPads, iPhones, tablet screens, foliage, metal, plastic, wood, cables, polyester seats. Commission: Fahrenheit by FLAX. (Background) Lick in the Past, 2016, video, duration 8:23 min

Laure Prouvost, Lick in the past, 2016, HD video, 8 min 25

Laure Prouvost, C’est l’est not ouest , 2016, mixed media, variable dimensions exhibition view at State of Concept, Athens, 2016

Laure Prouvost, C’est l’est not ouest, 2016, mixed media, variable dimensions
exhibition view at State of Concept, Athens, 2016

Laure Prouvost,  We would be floating away from the dirty past , 2015 exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, 2015

Laure Prouvost, We would be floating away from the dirty past, 2015
exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, 2015

Grandad’s Library , Stained pine, books, glass

Grandad’s Library, Stained pine, books, glass

Diner Party , 2015, tapestry, wooden frame, 264 x 855 cm

Diner Party, 2015, tapestry, wooden frame, 264 x 855 cm

Into all that is here , 2015, digital video, 9 minutes 41 seconds

Into all that is here, 2015, digital video, 9 minutes 41 seconds

Into all that is here, 2015, digital video, 9 minutes 41 seconds

Laure Prouvost,  Step Branch , 2015, Mixed media

Laure Prouvost, Step Branch, 2015, Mixed media

Laure Prouvost,  Beak Branch , 2015, Mixed media

Laure Prouvost, Beak Branch, 2015, Mixed media

Laure Prouvost,  We Will Go Far , Exhibition view at Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, 2015

Laure Prouvost, We Will Go Far, Exhibition view at Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, 2015

Laure Prouvost,  We Will Go Far , installation view at Rochechouart Museum of Contemporary Art, 2015

Laure Prouvost, We Will Go Far, installation view at Rochechouart Museum of Contemporary Art, 2015

Laure Prouvost, We Will Go Far, 2015, digital video, 8.40 mins

Laure Prouvost,  IDEALLY SOME BIG SHELF WITH BEAUTIFUL BOOKS BE HERE , 2015, Oil, collage and varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm

Laure Prouvost, IDEALLY SOME BIG SHELF WITH BEAUTIFUL BOOKS BE HERE, 2015, Oil, collage and varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm

Laure Prouvost,  IDEALLY SOME FRESH BREEZE WOULD BE FELT HERE , 2015, oil, collage and varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm

Laure Prouvost, IDEALLY SOME FRESH BREEZE WOULD BE FELT HERE, 2015, oil, collage and varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm

Laure Prouvost,  As Grandma Prayed For Grandad to Come Back This Cup Levitated For A Few Seconds , 2014, collage and varnish on board, 21 x 26 x 2 cm

Laure Prouvost, As Grandma Prayed For Grandad to Come Back This Cup Levitated For A Few Seconds, 2014, collage and varnish on board, 21 x 26 x 2 cm

Laure Prouvost,  Reliques This Was Found , 2013, Canvas and sign, 21 x 26 x 2 cm

Laure Prouvost, Reliques This Was Found, 2013, Canvas and sign, 21 x 26 x 2 cm

Laure Prouvost,  Stong Sory Bred , 2010, video and bread, 2.48min

Laure Prouvost, Stong Sory Bred, 2010, video and bread, 2.48min

Laure Prouvost,  It Heat Hit , 2010, digital video, 7.22 min

Laure Prouvost, It Heat Hit, 2010, digital video, 7.22 min

Laure Prouvost,  The Artist , 2010, digital video, 10 min 10 sec

Laure Prouvost, The Artist, 2010, digital video, 10 min 10 sec