Laurent Grasso

Laurent Grasso is the recipient of the esteemed Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture{{cite web|title=Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2015|url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2015|website=French Ministry of Culture|access-date=2016-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004173803/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2015|archive-date=2015-10-04|url-status=dead}} and the prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize{{cite web|title=25 October 2008 Press Release |url=http://www.adiaf.com/download/communiques/Laureat_PMD_08_anglais.pdf |website=Marcel Duchamp Prize |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120149/http://www.adiaf.com/download/communiques/Laureat_PMD_08_anglais.pdf |archivedate=15 April 2012 }} in 2015, and 2008 respectively. Currently based in Paris, he has held residencies at the Villa Medici, Rome{{cite web|url=http://www.villamedici.it/it/programma-culturale/programma-culturale/2006/01/paracinema-laurent-grasso/|website=Académie de France à Rome Villa Medici|title=Paracinema Laurent Grasso }} and ISCP, New York.

In 2015, Grasso was solicited by the French National Archives to create a film on the aesthetics of power and its agents. The resulting work ‘Élysée’, set in the French Presidential office’s Salon Doré to the soundtrack created by Nicolas Godin, debuted in Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong in March 2016.{{cite journal|title=Laurent Grasso|url=https://www.frieze.com/article/laurent-grasso|journal=Frieze|date=26 April 2016 |issue=180 |last1=Sanchez-Kozyreva |first1=Cristina }} Since then it has since been broadcast in Europe on numerous occasions, including the Nuit européenne des musées 2016.{{cite web|title=Nuit européenne des musées 2016|url=http://www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/web/guest/nuit-des-musees|website=Archives Nationales}}

Grasso’s work has been exhibited worldwide, notably at the Jeu de Paume, Paris;{{cite web|title=Laurent Grasso: Uraniborg|url=http://www.jeudepaume.org/?page=article&idArt=1506|website=Jeu de Paume}} MASS MoCa, North Adams;{{cite web|title=Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder|url=http://massmoca.org/event/explode-every-day-an-inquiry-into-the-phenomena-of-wonder/|website=Mass MoCa, North Adams|date=3 December 2015 }} Centre Pompidou-Metz, amongst others, and is held in collections such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris;{{cite web|title=Centre Pompidou|url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/cdqMzpn/rR5Bxdb|website=Laurent Grasso: The Horn Perspective}} Mori Art Museum, Tokyo{{cite web|title=The Universe and Art|url=http://mori.art.museum/english/contents/universe_art/index.html|website=Mori Art Museum}} and Leeum Samsung Museum, Seoul.{{cite web|title=Collection: Memories of the Future|url=http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/41997|website=Asia Art Archive|access-date=2016-07-14|archive-date=2016-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705194857/http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/41997|url-status=dead}} It has also been featured in multiple publications including ‘Architecture Now’ (Taschen).{{cite web|title=Temporary Architecture Now!|url=https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/architecture/all/04451/facts.temporary_architecture_now.htm|website=Taschen}}

Laurent Grasso’s practice engages deeply with science, history, mythology and supernatural phenomena to weave a research-filled narrative. Tending on the epistemological, Grasso works across different disciplines from film and installation to painting and neon.{{cite web|title=Laurent Grasso|url=http://edouardmalingue.com/artists/laurent-grasso/|website=Edouard Malingue Gallery}} Major public installations include ‘Nomiya’ (2009–2011), a transportable restaurant sat on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris;{{cite web|title=Nomiya: Temporary Restaurant / Pascal and Laurent Grasso|url=http://www.archdaily.com/37060/nomiya-temporary-restaurant-pascal-and-laurent-grasso|website=Arch Daily|date=6 October 2009 }} ‘Anechoic Pavilion’ (2012), an installation presented by Edouard Malingue Gallery atop Central Ferry Pier 4 in Hong Kong.{{cite web|title=Future Archeology: Laurent Grasso|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/FutureArcheologyLaurentGrasso|website=ArtAsiaPacific|access-date=2016-07-14|archive-date=2016-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827212650/http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/FutureArcheologyLaurentGrasso|url-status=dead}} ‘SolarWind’, a permanent light installation in Paris commissioned by the 13th district council, Ciments Calcia and SEMAPA in collaboration with the Space Observatory and the National Centre for Space Studies’, which projects the colour fluctuations of solar storms onto the walls of two 40 meter Calcia silos bordering the capital’s 13 district.{{cite web|title=Laurent Grasso's Cosmic 'SolarWind' Light Artwork in Paris|url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1319082/laurent-grassos-cosmic-solarwind-light-artwork-in-paris|website=Blouin Artinfo|access-date=2016-07-14|archive-date=2016-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806010721/http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1319082/laurent-grassos-cosmic-solarwind-light-artwork-in-paris|url-status=dead}}

His most notable solo exhibitions in recent years include ‘PARAMUSEUM’ (2016) at Palais Fesch, Ajaccio,{{cite web|title=PARAMUSEUM|url=http://www.musee-fesch.com/index.php/musee_fesch/Actualites/Exposition-PARAMUSEUM-Laurent-Grasso|website=Palais Fesch|access-date=2016-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624024557/http://www.musee-fesch.com/index.php/musee_fesch/Actualites/Exposition-PARAMUSEUM-Laurent-Grasso|archive-date=2016-06-24|url-status=dead}} ‘Élysée’ (2016) in Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong{{cite web|title=Laurent Grasso: Élysée|url=http://myartguides.com/exhibitions/laurent-grasso-elysee/|website=My Art Guides}} and ‘Soleil Noir’ (2015) at the Foundation d’entreprise Hermès, Tokyo.{{cite web|title=Laurent Grasso alludes to a future in our past|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/12/29/arts/laurent-grasso-alludes-future-past/#.V2DdhuZ96qD|website=The Japan Times|date=29 December 2015 }}

• Laurent Grasso – Le rayonnement du corps noir , Dijon, Les presses du réel, 2009
• Laurent Grasso – The Black-Body Radiation (English edition), Dijon, Les presses du réel, 2009
• Laurent Grasso – The Horn Perspective, Paris, Centre Pompidou editions, 2009
• Laurent Grasso – Uraniborg, Jeu de Paume, Paris; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Skira Flammarion, 2012
• Laurent Grasso – Future Archeology, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong, 2012

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• {{official website|http://laurentgrasso.com/}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011604/http://tv.rueleon.net/tv.rueleon.php?Id=153 Vidéo] « Laurent Grasso talks about his installation du soleil dans la nuit »
• [http://nomiya.org Nomiya], an architectural project on the rooftop of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris
• [http://www.artnet.fr/magazine_fr/expositions/THOMAS/Laurent-Grasso.asp Article on the exhibition at the "Espace 315" of the Centre Pompidou] for the Marcel Duchamp Prize
• [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnfxku_laurent-grasso-portrait-of-a-young-man-bass-museum-miami-fl-2011-2012_creation Laurent Grasso - Portrait of a Young Man], Bass Museum, Miami FL
• [http://edouardmalingue.com/artists/laurent-grasso/ Edouard Malingue Gallery], Hong Kong gallery representing Laurent Grasso

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