Laure Prouvost Knihy

British conceptualist John Latham (1921–2006) began using books as a medium in 1958, extending his earliest spray-painted canvases into the third dimension with reliefs in which books emerged from plaster on canvas. This catalog marks the first focused representation of this seminal series.

First publication ever to provide a complete survey of the artist's oeuvre to date: like Prouvost's art, the book is fast-paced and full of quick turns and surprises. It includes a series of essays, a conversation between the artist and her model Barbara Steveni, and a complete list of her works and exhibitions. Laure Prouvost's art is full of wit, poetry, humor, stories, and unforeseen twists and turns. Whether in her installations, videos, or performances, she never fails to surprise and attract. Are her stories for real? Was her granddad really a conceptual artist who dug a tunnel from Europe to Africa and literally got lost in the artistic process? Prouvost's ways of working and the visual style of her output really only come to life and develop their full intensity in her exhibitions--until now. Together with Kunstmuseum Luzern and the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Mousse has published the first-ever monograph on Prouvost. Like her art, the book is fast-paced and full of quick turns and surprises; it is no easy task to achieve a true representation of video art in a printed volume. Important authors who have worked closely with Prouvost write about her here for the first time, and the artist herself discusses her life and work with her artistic role model Barbara Steveni. The book also includes a complete list of Prouvost's works and exhibitions. Is Prouvost really the "holy liar" she's been called in the press? Find out for yourself ..

Für die weitläufige Mittelhalle im Haus der Kunst schafftt Laure Prouvost eine Installation, die skulpturale und filmische Elemente umfasst. Einfallsreich und mit unnachahmlichem Humor bezieht sich Prouvost in dieser Arbeit sowohl auf die Architektur als auch auf das Haus der Kunst als Institution. Der Katalog ist der vierte Band in der Reihe „Der Öffentlichkeit - von den Freunden Haus der Kunst“, die jährlich künstlerische Auftragsarbeiten für die Mittelhalle des Haus der Kunst dokumentiert.