Corpus
Published on 6. November 2025
Book
Hardback
256 pages
979-10-401-2305-7 (ISBN)
Description
The first monograph of Prune Nourry, one of the most influential contemporary artists today
"Prune Nourry is more than a great artist. She's also a psychologist, a sociologist, and an anthropologist who uses her understanding of history and humanity to create art that connects us to our past and to each other." -George Lucas
Prune Nourry is a contemporary artist specializing in sculpture, while also exploring varied mediums including film, photography, and performance. She raises ethical questions linked to the notion of balance in the broadest sense: the body and its healing process, demographic imbalance due to gender selection and scientific aberrations, ecosystems and the interdependence between living species.
Nourry's work is geographically and temporally contextualized through investigations that draw on disciplines outside the field of art. The year 2016 marked a turning point in her personal and artistic journey when she learned, at the age of 31, that she had breast cancer. She became, by force of circumstance, the subject of her work, whereas until then she had taken an objective look at the world and its imbalances.
"Prune Nourry is more than a great artist. She's also a psychologist, a sociologist, and an anthropologist who uses her understanding of history and humanity to create art that connects us to our past and to each other." -George Lucas
Prune Nourry is a contemporary artist specializing in sculpture, while also exploring varied mediums including film, photography, and performance. She raises ethical questions linked to the notion of balance in the broadest sense: the body and its healing process, demographic imbalance due to gender selection and scientific aberrations, ecosystems and the interdependence between living species.
Nourry's work is geographically and temporally contextualized through investigations that draw on disciplines outside the field of art. The year 2016 marked a turning point in her personal and artistic journey when she learned, at the age of 31, that she had breast cancer. She became, by force of circumstance, the subject of her work, whereas until then she had taken an objective look at the world and its imbalances.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Paris
France
Illustrations
200 black-and-white and color photographs
Dimensions
Height: 298 mm
Width: 237 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1350 gr
ISBN-13
979-10-401-2305-7 (9791040123057)
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Persons
Born in Paris in 1985, Prune Nourry lives and works between New York and Paris. A 2006 graduate of the ecole Boulle in wood sculpture, she is represented by Galerie Templon (Paris, Brussels) and Simon Studer Art in Switzerland. She specializes in sculpture, while also exploring varied mediums including film, photography, and performance. At just 39 years old, her work has been included in exhibitions across France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the United States. She was born in Paris and currently resides in Brooklyn, leading this book to be written in both French and English.