ENT PRUVOS Wantee. 2013
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British Turner Prize Laureate - one of the world's major awards in the field of contemporary art - was the French artist Laure Pruvos (Laure Prouvost). This year's exhibition of the nominees and award presentation for the first time held outside England - in the Northern Irish city of Derry ( Londonerri ) . Also Pruvos , the main prize of 25 thousand pounds also claimed Tino Sehgal ( for performance " These associations " held in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in summer 2012 ), David Shrigley ( for a solo exhibition in the Hayward Gallery) and Ghanaian origin British artist Lynette Poison - Boakye , writing portraits of fictional characters to make up a story .

Laure Pruvos works at the intersection of video art and installations. Nominated for the Turner Prize she received for work «Wantee», shown at the Tate Gallery in the exhibition " Schwitters in Britain." This is the answer to the great German contemporary artist modernist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) , the creator of the so-called " mertsbau " - installations of garbage from a few rooms to the whole house . Just such " mertsbau " Schwitters created three : first in Hanover died during the bombing , the second is located in Norway , and the third was created Schwitters in the Lake District in Britain, where he emigrated after the Nazi occupation of Norway. Laure Pruvos in his work «Wantee» tells the story of friendship Schwitters and her grandfather , who was also an artist. In this case the artist does not draw a clear boundary between truth and fiction , viewers are free to decide whether to believe in mythical grandfather Pruvos , vodivshego friendship with Schwitters . Santa Laure Pruvos sort had a house in the Lake District (perhaps this house was also established artist herself ) , and some items from his granddaughter brought for interior installation at the Tate . This dusty old table, chairs, tea cups - all for tea . Pruvos work , by the way, was named in honor really existed Schwitters girlfriend , whom he nicknamed «Wantee» for what it is constantly all offered a cup of tea (from the English .: «Want tea?»). Viewers are invited to an impromptu tea party , during which shows a film whose main character was the grandfather of the artist : he talks about his life, about his acquaintance with Schwitters , sad that his work does not understand. Turner Prize judge found work Laure Pruvos "unexpectedly touching " and " outstanding , due to the complicated and bold combinations of images and objects ».

Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Sources : artdaily.com , tate.org.uk , turnerprize2013.org , apropos-site.com , artinvestment.ru