Matthieu Laurette

MATTHIEU LAURETTE (France, 1970).
"Deja-vu, the second International look-alike Convention". Paris, 2001.
Lambda print on Dibond, copy 1/4.
Ed. 3 + II P.A.
Measurements: 160 x 120 cm.
Laurette's project "International look-alike conventions Déjá vu" consisted in offering fake images of celebrities to ironize the aesthetics of glamour and the fervor they generate. Matthieu Laurette is a French contemporary conceptual artist working in a variety of media, from television and video to installations and public interventions. He lives and works in Paris, Amsterdam, Bogota, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro and New York. In 2003, Laurette received the Ricard Prize for the most representative artist under the age of 40 on the French scene, using various strategies to explore the relationships between conceptual art, pop art, institutional critique, economics and contemporary society. His best known works are Apparitions (1993 ongoing), Produits remboursés (1991-2001), Projet de citoyenneté (1996 ongoing), Le Grand Barter (2000) and Déjà vu, The International Look-alike Conventions (2000-ongoing). Matthieu Laurette has been represented by Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (France); Deweer Gallery, Otegem (Belgium); Gaudel de Stampa, Paris (France); La Central, Bogota (Colombia), Blow de la Barra, London (UK); Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York (USA); Jousse Entreprise, Paris (France); Jousse Seguin, Paris (France). Nicolas Bourriaud describes Laurette as "using society as a catalog of forms...he plays with economic forms as if they were the lines and colors of a painting." (Bourriaud 2002, p16).