Laure Prouvost, known for her films and installations characterised by richly layered narrative, language, translation, and surreal interruption, has been awarded the 2013 Turner Prize.
The Prize which was established in 1984, is awarded annually to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work.
The jury thought the work of Prouvost, who is 35, was unexpectedly moving and outstanding for its complex and courageous combination of images and objects in a deeply atmospheric environment. Building on personal memory, she was able to weave together fact, fiction, art history and modern technology.
Prouvost favours the use of film in a contemporary way and takes viewers to an inner world, while making reference to the streaming of images in a post-internet age.
This year’s prize, worth £25,000 was presented by the celebrated young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, who received Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations for her role in the 2007 film Atonement. An additional £5,000 was awarded to each of the shortlisted artists while the event was broadcast live on Channel 4.
The Turner Prize 2013 exhibition will be held outside of England for the first time this year and in Derry, Londonderry, the first UK City of Culture, in partnership with Tate. The exhibition is staged at Ebrington, and runs until January 5, 2014.
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