title GLOBAL DEMIX iHOME STUDIO
location www.laurette.net
description The Global Demix iHome Studio is Matthieu Laurette's online home studio, including ongoing & current projects (exhibitions, appearances, installations...), online projects, biography, and on line workshop / home studio with tools, links...
short bio
Matthieu Laurette was born in 1970 (Villeneuve St Georges, France).
lives and works inAmsterdam, Paris and New York.
represented by Blow de la Barra, London, Deweer Art gallery, Otegem, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthieu_Laurette (English) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthieu_Laurette (French)
By turning the laws of marketing and the mass media to his advantage, Matthieu Laurette incorporates his work within a strategy of infiltration and redistribution. In 1993, he established his artistic birth certificate by taking part in a TV game called Tournez manège (The Dating Game) where the female presenter asked him who he was, to which he replied: 'A multimedia artist'. in Pascal Beausse, La Biennale di Venezia, 49. Esposizione Internationale d'Arte - Platea dell'umanita, Exh. Cat. Venezia: Electa, 2001. [read more]
Matthieu Laurette recent selected exhibitions and projects include EXHIBITION NON STOP: A One Year Solo Show, Blow de la Barra, London (2008) [Solo], Real Estate, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (2007) [Solo] Let's Make Lots of Money, Blow de la Barra, London (2006) [Solo]; Notre Histoire, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006); Day Labor, PS1/MoMA, N.Y (2005) ; Populism, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania; Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (2005); The Today Show, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (2005) [Solo]; Comodities, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (2004) [Solo]; Biennale de Pontevedra, Pontevedra (2004); Matthieu Laurette : Prix Ricard S.A. 2003, MNAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris, (2004) [Solo]; Publicness, ICA, London; GNS (GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM), Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Propaganda, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris (2003); Less Ordinary, Artsonje Center, Seoul; La vie au fond se rit du vrai, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; Art and Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2002); Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Torino; Plateau of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennale (2001); Voilà, Arc-Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, El Gran Trueque, Consonni, Bilbao (Solo); Plan B, De Appel, Amsterdam; Au dela du Spectacle (Let’s Entertain), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2000); Patchwork in Progress, Mamco-Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva [Solo]; Crash !, ICA, London (1999); Applaus, Casco Projects [Solo], Utrecht; Premisses, Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York (1998). He received in 2003 the RICARD S.A. Award for the most representative artist under 40 y.o. in the French scene.
His works are in several public, corporate and private collections in Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA, including Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; FNAC-Fond National d'Art Contemporain, Puteaux; FRAC-Collection Aquitaine, Bordeaux; FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier; Ricard S.A., Marseille/Paris; The Speyer Family Collection, New York; William Grant and Sons Ltd, Dufftown; La Coleccíon Berezdivin, San Juan.
He has taught as guest professor and visiting lecturer at several art academies and universities including San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco; Staedelschule, Frankfurt; ECAL, Lausanne; ENSBA, Paris; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona; Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh; de Ateliers, Amsterdam; HISK, Gent and ESAV Geneva and gives lectures and seminars worldwide including MoMA, New York; Tate Modern, London; the Bronx Museum, New York; Musée du Quebec, Quebec; Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou Paris; Kunst Werke, Berlin; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon and Kiasma, Helsinki. [more]
selected interviews and articles available online [more]
Beausse, Pascal. "Matthieu Laurette", La Biennale di Venezia, 49. Esposizione Internationale d'Arte - Platea dell'umanita, Exh. Cat. Venezia: Electa, 2001:264-265. Ricupero, Cristina. "Interview with Matthieu Laurette", Social Hackers. Exh. Cat. Helsinki: Frame / Nifca, 2001 Caillet, Aline. "Matthieu Laurette: un artiste en embuscade" interview and text, Parpaings (Paris: Editions Jean Michel Place), No 26, (October 2001):1, 3-6 (french) Vaillant, Alexis. "Questions for a champion/ Vragen voor een kampionen. An interview with Matthieu Laurette.", Casco Issues (Utrecht), no. 5, (May 1999): 84-93. Champey, Ines. "Un formalisme réaliste", Formalisme, Jeux de formes. Essay. Paris: Publications de La Sorbonne, 2001: 75-101 (french) Allen, Jennifer. "Reviews. Matthieu Laurette, C/O Berlin", Artforum (New York), Vol. 39 No. 2,(October 2000): 153-154. Jeffries, Stuart, "Young, gifted and French", The Guardian -G2 (London), (Thursday November 16, 2000): 12-13. Vaillant, Alexis. "Haven’t we met somewhere before ?" Essai. in Exh. Cat. Free Sample Demix. Paris: Galerie Jousse Seguin, 1998. Renard, Emilie. "Critic's Picks, Paris : Raymond Hains and Matthieu Laurette", Artforum.com, (New York), (July,2002). Ricupero, Cristina. 'Interview with Jens Haaning, Matthieu Laurette, Aleksandra Mir' Publicness exhibition guide, Institute of Contemporary Art (London) January 2003. Farquharson, Alex. 'Publicness : Reviews', Frieze (London), No 75, (May 2003). Heiser, Joerg. “Good circulation.” Frieze (London), no.90 (April 2005): 81-82. Schmitz, Edgar. “Déjà vu.“ In The Populist. 17. Newspaper published on the occasion of the show Populism. Helsinki, Vilnius, Oslo, Amsterdam, Frankfurt: NIFCA, 2005. Beausse, Pascal. “Matthieu Laurette – Galerie Yvon Lambert. Reviews” Flash Art International (Milan), no.242 (May-June, 2005) Dawson, Jessica. "Spitting Images: A Brush With 'Celebrity'", The Washington Post (Washington), (August 4, 2005): C01 Colard, Jean-Max. "Matthieu Laurette: Yvon Lambert. Reviews" Artforum (New York), XLIII, no. 10 (Summer Issue):335. "Isabella Blow in on tour'", The Art Newspaper (London), (October 23, 2005): Frieze Daily edition. Bishop, Claire. "Scene and Herd: Mum's the Bird'", Artforum.com (New York), (October 26, 2005). Heiser, Joerg. “ What’s for whom, and how?” in Notre Histoire. Exh. cat. Paris: Palais de Tokyo/ Paris Musées, 2006: 135-141
Davies, Lillian. "Critic's Picks, London : Matthieu Laurette - Blow de la Barra", Artforum.com, (New York), (May, 2006)
Sans, Jérôme. 'Guy Debord is So Cool! - Interview with Matthieu Laurette'. Uovo (Milan), No 11, (June 2006). Sherwin, Skye. 'Let's Make Lots of Money'. i-D (London), No. 269 (September 2006).
website last update 12 June 2008
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selected projects & documentation [more]
Matthieu Laurette : Real Estate, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem. Matthieu Laurette : Lets Make Lots of Money, Blow de la Barra, London DRINKS BY: The Beer, Wine And Other Alcohol Art Archive website www.drinksby.net What Do They Wear At Frieze Art Fair?, Frieze Projects, London Matthieu Laurette: Applause (The Today Show), Art Brussels Populism - CAC, Vilnius - Kunstverien, Frankfurt - Stedelijk, Amsterdam Matthieu Laurette: The Today Show, Yvon Lambert DÉJÀ VU - THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL LOOK-ALIKE CONVENTION AT DIA'S FALL GALA Commodities, Deweer Gallery, Otegem : exhibition views, artwork check list etc... Download Comodities exhibition catalogue as PDF Download a PDF documentation about selected works (1993-2003) - 58 pages (bilingual English / French)If you have any remarks, suggestions or corrections about this website, please send an email
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