ARTISTS’ BIOPICS CINEMA
2008
SMART Project Space presents the first solo exhibition by French artist Matthieu Laurette to be staged in the Netherlands since 1998.
Laurette established himself in the 1990’s with his exploration of the relationships between art, spectacle, media and economy using
a variety of media, from TV and video to installation and public interventions.
For the exhibition ARTISTS’ BIOPIC CINEMA, that traverses all 6 gallery spaces at Smart Project Space, Laurette has created a series
of 6 cinema spaces that continually screen 18 full-length Hollywood and art house feature films portraying the mythical characters
of Andy Warhol, Rembrandt, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, Camille Claudel,
Caravaggio, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francis Bacon and other famous artists.
Laurette playfully described the exhibition as “a sort of Institutional Critique meets Film Industry meets Art Sociology meets Art Economy
meets Art History » where visitors can observe ways in which the film industry cultivates feeds and perpetuates the myth of the artist.
Apparition: Tournez Manège, TF1, March 16 1993 (excerpt)
1993
still from video installation : « Apparitions (1993-1995 selection) », 1995
TV set, DVD player, articulated wall bracket, video transfered onto DVD, duration: 13 min. 50 looped with english subtitles.
Ed. 3 + II A.P.
Collections: FNAC, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Puteaux-Paris – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou,
Paris – Private Collection.
Apparition: The Freebie King, Daily Record, Glasgow, December 8, 2000 (p.37)
2000
Framed cover and page
19.65 x 27.51 in / 50 x 70 cm (framed)
ed.7 + II A.P.
Moneyback Life! Mobile Information Stand for Moneyback products (version #1)
2001
Installation
Lifesize hyperealistic sculpture (wax, fiber glass, latex, resin, natural hair, clothes, shoes, oil painting,
shopping cart filled with moneyback products), circular podium (wood, dimensions : diam. 220 cm Height 45cm),
3 large size vynil posters of enlarged newspaper cuttings, video installation (‘Apparitions : Moneyback Products (1996-1997 selection)’
on TV Wall (9 television sets, 3 cardboards boxes, DVD Player, DVD 25 min. looped).
Installation view: Plateau of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, Italy (curator: Harald Szeemann).
Other Countries Pavillion / Citizenship Project
2001
Letters sent to the Ambassadors / Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York of the 112 countries which were
not represented in the 49th Venice Biennale.
Installation view: Venice Biennale, 49th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 2001 (curator: Harald Szeemann).
The Freebie King
2001
life size wax figure with supermarket trolley filled with 100 % money-back products
175 cm x 177 cm x 60 cm / 69 x 70 x 23,6 inches.
Unique piece.
The Speyer Family Collection, New York.
Raymond Hains au Musée Grévin (Raymond Hains Goes To Musée Grévin)
2002.
9 C-prints on aluminium.
40 x 60 cm (x9).
Ed. 3 + II A.P.
(detail)
Apparition : The Today Show, NBC, 31 December 2004
2004.
Installation.
TV set, wall bracket, video onto DVD (2 min. 30 looped).
Déjà vu: The 7th International Look-alike Convention at DIA’s Fall Gala (Making of)
2004
Video onto DVD, duration: 7 min. 40 looped.
detail: video still.
Ed. 3 + II A.P.
Opportunities : Lets Make Lots of Money
2005-present
DIY instruction piece and signed certificate.
21 x 29.7 cm / 8.27 x 11.69 inches (certificate) and Variable dimensions
ed. 3 + II A.P.
Private collection, Berlin – Private collection, Amsterdam
WHAT DO THEY WEAR AT FRIEZE ART FAIR?
21-23 October 2005
Daily guided tours of Frieze Art Fair led by international fashion experts Peter Saville, Isabella Blow and Kira Joliffe & Bay Garnett.
Commissioned and produced by Frieze Projects 2005
Photo by Polly Braden
Patchwork in Progress – Exposition Monographique/Monograph Show
(Selected Works Remaining For Sale at Yvon Lambert Paris/ NewYork)
1993-1999/2006
Wall mounted shelves, Perspex free standing displays, inkjet prints
Variable dimensions
Unique
