Laure Prouvost has created an installation for the vast central hall of Haus der Kunst that comprises sculptural and filmic elements.
We would be floating away from the dirty past is an installation including sculpture, video, and an ambitious spatial intervention. With her inimitable sense of humor and imaginative flair, Prouvost addresses the architectural setting of the Middle Hall in Haus der Kunst, as well as the art institution itself.
Experienced together the different elements of this installation invites us to look underneath the shiny surfaces of the museum, into its forgotten past, and out to possible futures. As such Prouvost exposes the underside of the art institution, offering it up as a site for imaginative speculation.
Laure Prouvost was Winner of the 2013 Turner Prize, and her work is featured in the British Art Show 8.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Haus der Kunst, Munich, 27 November 2015 – 18 September 2016.