Laure Prouvost's 'GDM. Grand Dad’s Visitor Center' at HangarBicocca

The Turner Prize-winning artist Laure Prouvost (born 1968 in Yeovil, lives in Aruba and London) presents her solo exhibition 'GDM. Grand Dad’s Visitor Center' at HangarBicocca in Milan, curated by Roberta Tenconi, running until April 9, 2017. The show comprises fifteen works including installations, videos, sculptures, and objects from her family heritage, reconstructing the foundation of a museum dedicated to her grandfather. Visitors navigate a surreal environment featuring a giant tongue, suspended breasts, a barber shop set from 'The Wanderer (God First Hairdresser / Gossip Sequence)' (2013), and a continuous iron grid wall. The installation 'The Wanderer' reinterprets Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphoses' through the lens of Scottish artist Rory MacBeth's translation without knowing German. Prouvost cites conceptual art, her grandfather, Picasso, Peter Kubelka, John Latham, and Barbara Latham as influences. The exhibition blends memory, fiction, and sensory experiences across a beauty salon, mirrored surfaces, slanted rooms, dark corridors, a tea area, and a karaoke zone.