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Pascale-Marthine Tayou // Crazy Nomad

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Pascale-Marthine Tayou Born in Cameroon, 1967; lives in Ghent, Belgium. Recent solo exhibitions: SMAK Ghent, Belgium (2004), Kunsthalle Wien (2006), Galleria Continua, Beijing (2007); recent group exhibitions include: Grand Palais, Paris (2006), San Francisco Art Institute (2007), Havana Biennale, Cuba (2006).

Pascale-Marthine Tayou sees his work as constituting a battle for human rights in contemporary society. Tayou, who was a lawyer before becoming an artist, was disappointed to discover that human rights are not adequately protected. s he began making art, he decided to take an experimental approach. Combining the memory of his African heritage with harsh criticism of Western colonialism, Tayou replaced the clichéd materiality of his black culture with multimedia, which is combined with “performative” activity to form hybrid fetishes. His unique combination of traditional and ntemporary forms creates a brutal and provocative work concerned with the deconstruction of aesthetic conventions nd social practices. Tayou’s work is a breathtaking and shocking statement about exchange value in the age of globalization. The three objects featured in this exhibition resemble vestiges of his travels throughout the world – an ccumulation of urban garbage and totems composed of trash, which he has preserved as precise contemporary manifestations of consumer culture.

Claire Fontaine