The MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst presents Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost (*1978) with her first comprehensive solo presentation in Germany.
Under the title "all behind, we'll go deeper, deep down and she will say:" the artist creates an environment that transforms the entire space of MMK 3 into an expansive installation. In this setting, she combines several filmic works from recent years with sculptural and painterly elements to create a story. The central architectural structure of the installation are hybrids that move between technical apparatus and human figure.
The point of departure for the presentation is the story of her fictional grandparents as sketched out by the artist. The grandfather, a persiflage of the heroic artist figure, dug a tunnel as part of an art project, disappeared in it and has not reappeared since. The real protagonist, however, is the grandmother, who recounts her own fantasies, hopes, and dreams through relics of their shared past.
Prouvost creates a bizarre imaginative world that captivates the viewer on different sensory levels. The line between reality and fiction becomes visibly blurred. She deals with the penetration into unknown worlds, with the escape from everyday life and the conscious loss of oneself, in the hope of finding oneself again in the end. The exhibition at MMK 3 is the second and central chapter of a three-part survey exhibition. It began at the end of June under the title "Dropped here and then, to live, leave it all behind" in a labyrinthine structure at Le Consortium, Dijon. In Frankfurt, the narrative slides into a timeless world defined by parallel narrative threads. At the end of October, at the Museum of Art Lucerne, the narrative emerges from the darkness into the light again, with the title "and she will say: hi her, aileurs to higher grounds." Although the three exhibition venues follow an overarching thematic thread, each presentation stands on its own, offering visitors a self-contained and distinct exhibition experience.
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual publication (DE/FR), which for the first time takes a look at the artist's entire oeuvre to date.
The exhibition is a collaboration with Le Consortium in Dijon and the Kunstmuseum Luzern and is created in close cooperation with the artist. Exhibition design: Diogo Passarinho
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