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Laure Prouvost

Oui Move In You

Oui Move In You

Oui Move In You is a major solo exhibition by Turner Award-winning, French artist Laure Prouvost. Best known for creating idiosyncratic immersive installations combining film and mixed media, Oui Move In You introduces Western Australian audiences to the imaginative, absorbing and frequently absurdist hallmarks of Prouvost’s artistic practice.

Inspired by the radical, experimental and pathfinding figures who came before her, Oui Move In You conceptually explores the roles and legacies of grandmothers (both real and symbolic), the maternal spaces of mother and child, and ideas of intergenerational relationships and change. The exhibition takes audiences on a journey of evolution and transformation, from the watery space of the womb, through the earthly realm of childhood towards a climactic celestial release. Laure Prouvost’s Oui Move In You is composed as a celebration of liberation and imagination, being and belonging, care and connection across the evolving course of our human lives.  

About the Artist

Laure Prouvost is among the most celebrated artists on the contemporary international art scene. Born in 1978 in Lille, France, Prouvost lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Prouvost graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins (London, 2002) and a Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College (London, 2010). Prouvost represented France at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, and was the recipient of the prestigious Turner Prize in 2013 and the MaxMara Art Prize for Women in 2011. Prouvost has recently presented solo exhibitions at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne, Australia, 2024); De Pont Museum (Tilburg, Netherlands, 2024); Moody Center for the Arts (Houston, USA, 2023); Remai Modern (Saskatoon, Canada 2023); Nasjonalmuseet (Oslo, Norway, 2022); Longlati Foundation (Shanghai, China, 2022); and Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021), as well as a wide range of public art and performance projects.

 

About the Curator

Annika Kristensen is a curator with a particular interest in commissioning new work by contemporary artists. Most recently in the position of Visual Arts Curator at Perth Festival (2023 and 2024), Kristensen was previously Senior Curator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) in Melbourne, where she worked with major international and Australian artists to commission new work and curate solo and group exhibitions. Kristensen was Exhibition and Project Coordinator for the 19th Biennale of Sydney (2014) and the inaugural Nick Waterlow OAM Curatorial Fellow for the 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012). She has held positions at Frieze Art Fair, Artangel, Film and Video Umbrella and The West Australian newspaper. Kristensen holds an Masters in Art History, Theory and Display from the University of Edinburgh, following undergraduate studies in Arts (Communication Studies) at the University of Western Australia. 


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