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Barthélémy Toguo
Biography
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interviews
Barthélémy Toguo interviewé par Carole Boulbès,
Paris, le 1er septembre 2005, Magazine du Mudam, n°8, décembre 2005
(entretien réalisé pour le site internet de la Fondation Musée d’Art Moderne Grand duc Jean, au Luxembourg)
For “The Sick Opera”, his first personal exhibition which took place in the Palais de Tokyo in November 2004, Barthélémy Toguo realized an ensemble composed of sculptures, ceramics, video films and drawings showing his vision of contemporary world, a vision focusing on the expression of feelings such as pain, love, fright, desire... Born in the Cameroons, Barthélémy Toguo studied in the Art School of Abidjan, then in the Ecole d’Art of Grenoble in France; his work, characterized by its sensitivity and generosity, provocative at times, deliberately reflects the social preoccupations of his fellow human beings. The art centre he conceived and funded in the same spirit - Bandjoun Station - is due to open in 2006 in the Cameroons. • Free rein at the Fondation Dapper: Cameroonian artist Barthélémy Toguo. Sensitive, socially-aware art that explores the failed workings of today’s world so as to critique them, drawing on African cultures. From watercolours of suffering bodies, sometimes strewn with nails, to monumental installations asking questions about our planet’s future, the angle of intimate and collective experiences is used by the Fondation Dapper to explore the works of Barthélémy Toguo in a monograph coordinated by the foundation’s director, Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau. Following an original theme, some of the artist’s works are compared with pieces of old African art. Barthélémy Toguo (born 1967) is a central, pioneering figure in the international art world. He lives and works between Cameroon and France. Through his creations, he seeks to raise social wareness. Driven by the need to create in order to make statements, he designs works that respond directly to the upheavals of today’s world (wars, abuse of power, immigration, famine and dangers). Using a range of techniques—from drawing, watercolour and sculpture to photography, performance and installation art— Barthélémy Toguo uses a range of techniques to ask us questions about our humanity. An exhibition organised by the Fondation Da
1) Can you explain what made you switch from very political performances interpreted by yourself to this idea of inviting a choreographer (Romano Bottinelli) and an operatic singer (Caroline Cha