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Barthélémy Toguo

January 01, 1970

Barthélémy Toguo (born 1967) is a Cameroonian painter, visual and performing artist. He currently splits his time living and working in both Paris, France and Bandjoun, Cameroon. He works in a variety of media aside from visual and performing arts including photographs, prints, sculptures, videos, and installations.

Barthélémy Toguo

Biography edit

Toguo studied at the National school of Fine Arts in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the École supérieure d'Art de Grenoble, France and at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. Some of his paintings are found in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi. Starting in 2005 and continuing until completion in 2007, he constructed a cultural project called the Bandjoun Station. It is an art center located in his native Cameroon that includes an exhibition space, a library, an artist residency, and an organic farm.[1] It was made to foster contemporary art and culture within the local community. The station is composed of two distinct buildings divided into different centers that are used for multiple individual purposes. The main building is designed with five armed concrete pillars and topped with a ten meter high gable; this sloped roof respects the traditional architecture or the area.[2] The station is in a location that welcomes all sorts of traditions. People are invited to appropriate this space, to organize festivals for or related to their culture such as burials, births, and even weddings. It is all done in hopes to create social cohesion within the community.[3]

In 2011, Toguo was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature[4] in France for his ongoing engagement and creativity, helping to develop the arts and culture in France and throughout the world, and building bridges between nations with his art.[5] Later in 2016, Toguo was shortlisted for the Prix Marcel Duchamp, France's most high-profile art award.[6] He was awarded a 2018 Inga Maren Otto Fellowship by The Watermill Center in Long Island, New York.[7] During his residency over the summer in 2018, he created some of the works for his exhibition The Beauty of Our Voice, presented at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York,[8] from August 5, 2018 to October 14, 2018. His first solo exhibition at an American museum, The Beauty of Our Voice expanded his gaze to the U.S. with new watercolor paintings, installations, photography, performance, and a community art project.[8]

In October 2021, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay appointed Barthélémy Toguo, UNESCO Artist for Peace.

In Winter 2023 Toguo was promoted to Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature.[9]

Artwork edit

 
The Road to Exile is the centerpiece to The Beauty of Our Voice series. The installation addresses the migrant and refugee crisis, the desire of young Africans to escape and specifically the desire of young Africans to escape in hopes for a better life.

Toguo is a multiple disciplinary artist whose work addresses migration, colonialism, race, exile and displacement.[8] He started off reproducing classic European sculpture until 1992 where he took up woodcarving. At Grenoble he discovered photography and video and experiments with German realism. Later at Dusseldorf, he becomes interested in performance art and in 1996 Toguo performs his Transit series. In the late 1990s he began his exploration with watercolor. These watercolors were inspired by his travels and experiences and then evolved even more when he discovered his fascination with passports and their stamps.[10] The passport had the ability to document an individual's travels across borders. This small book contains a variety of stamps that became a visual mark of the policing of humans. This concept of belonging stems from his dual citizenship in both Cameroon and France. His work has also been informed by the social movements including Black Lives Matter seen in his Black Lives Always Matter[11] series and the refugee crisis seen in The Beauty of Our Voice[8] work.

Aside from the stamps found within passports Barthelemy Toguo is also inspired by post cards. This can be seen within his work in the Head Above Water series. He traveled around the world collecting these cards in order to give the people a voice. He questioned people about their life conditions, current events, wars, and about their hopes and dreams.[2] Toguo would go to these locations including schools, streets, and marketplaces and would gather the answers to his questions. Later, he would go to a local post office and create a postcard and address it to himself. He would not actually mail them but would rather keep them and carry them around with him on his trips.

In August 2023, his artwork Chroniques avec la Nature was used as the cover artwork for the Peter Gabriel song "Olive Tree", from his forthcoming album i/o.

Exhibitions edit

Toguo’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; the Pérez Art Museum Miami,[12] Florida; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon; Fondation Louis Vuitton; and Kunstsammlungen der Stadt, Düsseldorf, among others. Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at institutions including Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden; Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Etienne, France; La Verrière by Hermès, Brussels; Fundaçao Gulbenkian, Lisbon; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris.[8]

Barthelemy Toguo has declined participation in exhibitions because of political views. Such as the time in 2007 when he declined the invitation to join the Venice Biennale. He states, “What guides me is a constantly evolving aesthetic but also a sense of ethics which makes a difference and structures my entire approach. With my private initiative, Bandjoun Station in Cameroon, and the artistic project that accompanies it, I wanted to take on my responsibilities as a man and an artist by offering another model and reference. Under no circumstances whatever should my name be associated with that of Sindika Dokolo or the collection that he has put together over the years."[2] He continues to say that he respects all the other artists that are participating in the project though he will not be joining them.

Solo edit

  • 2020 Bilongue, Cape Town, South Africa[13]
  • 2019 Urban Requiem, Lelong Gallery, New York[14]
  • 2018 The Beauty of Our Voice,[8] presented at the Parrish Art Museum,[15] Water Mill, New York, from August 5, 2018 to October 14, 2018. His first solo exhibition at an American museum.
  • 2018 Heimatlos, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg[16]
  • 2017 Fragile Body, Hadrian From Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, China[17]
  • 2017 Strange fruit, Lelong & Co Gallery, Paris[18]
  • 2016 Strange Fruit, Johannesburg, South Africa[13]
  • 2015 2015 Africa, Galerie Samuel Lallous, Montreal[19]
  • 2014 The Cost of Living , Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Narbonne, France[20]
  • 2014 A dream place for the orphans , l’Aspirateur Lieu d’art contemporain, Narbonne France.[20]
  • 2014 Celebrations, Cape Town, South Africa[13]
  • 2013 Hidden Faces, Lelong Gallery, Paris
  • 2012 A World Child Looking at the Landscape , Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg[21]
  • 2011 Criminal Tribunal, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna
  • 2004/2005 The Sick Opera, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
  • 2004 La guerre des sexes n’aura pas lieu, Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France
  • 2003 Pure and Clean, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, USA
  • 1994 European center, Saint-Martin d’Heres, Grenoble, France

Group edit

  • 2019 Perilous Bodies, Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, USA[22]
  • 2018 Exile, International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland[23]
  • 2014 Jaume Plensa - Kiki Smith - Bartélémy Toguo, Lelong Gallery, Paris
  • 2005 African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA
  • 2005 Hayward Gallery, London, England
  • 2005 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  • 2004 Africa Remix, Art contemporain d’un continent, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 2004 Je m’installe aux abattoirs, La collection d’art contemporain d’agnès b., Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
  • 2003 The American Effect, Global Perspectives on the United States, 1990-2003, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

References edit

  1. ^ "Artistic and Political Expression Through Coffee with Cameroon Artist Barthélémy Toguo". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. ^ a b c Barthélémy Toguo (artist) (2008) Head Above Water, Bandjoun Station, and the Venice Biennale, Critical Interventions, 2:1-2, 26-30, DOI: 10.1080/19301944.2008.10781328
  3. ^ "DEBAT 2011 - Investir la culture - Interview de Barthélémy Toguo | Forum d'Avignon". www.forum-avignon.org. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. ^ Stevenson. “Barthélémy Toguo: Biography.” STEVENSON, www.stevenson.info/artist/barthelemy-toguo/biography.
  5. ^ Kianja. "French order of Arts and Literature". www.thediplomaticsociety.co.za. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. ^ Armstrong, Annie (2019-02-06). "Galerie Lelong & Co. Now Represents Barthélémy Toguo". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  7. ^ "Barthélémy Toguo - The Watermill Center". www.watermillcenter.org. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  8. ^ a b c d e f . parrishart.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  9. ^ "Order of Arts and Letters Appointment – Winter 2023".
  10. ^ "Barthelemy Toguo Biography - Pigozzi Collection 2019". CAACART - The Pigozzi Collection. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  11. ^ "Barthélémy Toguo - Artists - Galerie Lelong & Co". www.galerielelong.com. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  12. ^ Selvin, Claire (2019-05-15). "Pérez Art Museum Miami Acquires Works by 11 Artists, Including Abbas Kiarostami and Cecilia Vicuña". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  13. ^ a b c STEVENSON. "STEVENSON". STEVENSON. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  14. ^ "Urban Requiem - Barthélémy Toguo - Exhibitions - Galerie Lelong & Co". www.galerielelong.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  15. ^ "home | Parrish Art Museum". parrishart.org. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  16. ^ "Barthélémy ToguoHeimatlos | Exhibition | Nosbaum Reding Gallery | Projects". Nosbaum Reding Gallery | Projects, i.e. Moz. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  17. ^ dampierre, luc de. "HdM GALLERY - front_exhibition". HdMGallery.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  18. ^ "artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  19. ^ “Barthelemy Toguo, Africa .” Galerie Samuel Lallouz , galeriesamuellallouz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Toguo_CP_VA.pdf .
  20. ^ a b "The cost of living - Les Collections - Les Musées de Narbonne". webmuseo.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  21. ^ "Barthélémy Toguo at Nosbaum Reding Luxembourg - Artmap.com". artmap.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  22. ^ "Perilous Bodies". Ford Foundation. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  23. ^ "Exile". International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. Retrieved 2019-11-04.

External links edit

  • Barthelemy Toguo personal website
  • Art Statements 2015-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Barthelemy Toguo
  • Contemporary African Art Collection, Geneva
  • at Galerie Lelong (French representing gallery)
  • on kunstnet.at
  • the Oxford Art Journal The Perils of Patrimoine: Art, History, and Narrative in the Immigration History Museum, Paris
  • Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture Village Matters, City Works: Ideas, Technologies, and Dialogues in the Work of HervÉ Youmbi
  • African Arts Masks of Africa- Identities Hidden and Revealed
  • Project Muse- The Lyon Biennale
  • Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art The Radical Cosmopolitanism of Barthelemy Toguo

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fr Barthelemy Toguo to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Barthelemy Toguo born 1967 is a Cameroonian painter visual and performing artist He currently splits his time living and working in both Paris France and Bandjoun Cameroon He works in a variety of media aside from visual and performing arts including photographs prints sculptures videos and installations Barthelemy Toguo Contents 1 Biography 2 Artwork 3 Exhibitions 3 1 Solo 3 2 Group 4 References 5 External linksBiography editToguo studied at the National school of Fine Arts in Abidjan Ivory Coast at the Ecole superieure d Art de Grenoble France and at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf Germany Some of his paintings are found in The Contemporary African Art Collection CAAC of Jean Pigozzi Starting in 2005 and continuing until completion in 2007 he constructed a cultural project called the Bandjoun Station It is an art center located in his native Cameroon that includes an exhibition space a library an artist residency and an organic farm 1 It was made to foster contemporary art and culture within the local community The station is composed of two distinct buildings divided into different centers that are used for multiple individual purposes The main building is designed with five armed concrete pillars and topped with a ten meter high gable this sloped roof respects the traditional architecture or the area 2 The station is in a location that welcomes all sorts of traditions People are invited to appropriate this space to organize festivals for or related to their culture such as burials births and even weddings It is all done in hopes to create social cohesion within the community 3 In 2011 Toguo was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature 4 in France for his ongoing engagement and creativity helping to develop the arts and culture in France and throughout the world and building bridges between nations with his art 5 Later in 2016 Toguo was shortlisted for the Prix Marcel Duchamp France s most high profile art award 6 He was awarded a 2018 Inga Maren Otto Fellowship by The Watermill Center in Long Island New York 7 During his residency over the summer in 2018 he created some of the works for his exhibition The Beauty of Our Voice presented at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill New York 8 from August 5 2018 to October 14 2018 His first solo exhibition at an American museum The Beauty of Our Voice expanded his gaze to the U S with new watercolor paintings installations photography performance and a community art project 8 In October 2021 UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay appointed Barthelemy Toguo UNESCO Artist for Peace In Winter 2023 Toguo was promoted to Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature 9 Artwork edit nbsp The Road to Exile is the centerpiece to The Beauty of Our Voice series The installation addresses the migrant and refugee crisis the desire of young Africans to escape and specifically the desire of young Africans to escape in hopes for a better life Toguo is a multiple disciplinary artist whose work addresses migration colonialism race exile and displacement 8 He started off reproducing classic European sculpture until 1992 where he took up woodcarving At Grenoble he discovered photography and video and experiments with German realism Later at Dusseldorf he becomes interested in performance art and in 1996 Toguo performs his Transit series In the late 1990s he began his exploration with watercolor These watercolors were inspired by his travels and experiences and then evolved even more when he discovered his fascination with passports and their stamps 10 The passport had the ability to document an individual s travels across borders This small book contains a variety of stamps that became a visual mark of the policing of humans This concept of belonging stems from his dual citizenship in both Cameroon and France His work has also been informed by the social movements including Black Lives Matter seen in his Black Lives Always Matter 11 series and the refugee crisis seen in The Beauty of Our Voice 8 work Aside from the stamps found within passports Barthelemy Toguo is also inspired by post cards This can be seen within his work in the Head Above Water series He traveled around the world collecting these cards in order to give the people a voice He questioned people about their life conditions current events wars and about their hopes and dreams 2 Toguo would go to these locations including schools streets and marketplaces and would gather the answers to his questions Later he would go to a local post office and create a postcard and address it to himself He would not actually mail them but would rather keep them and carry them around with him on his trips In August 2023 his artwork Chroniques avec la Nature was used as the cover artwork for the Peter Gabriel song Olive Tree from his forthcoming album i o Exhibitions editToguo s work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem New York the Perez Art Museum Miami 12 Florida Centre Georges Pompidou Paris Musee d art contemporain Lyon Fondation Louis Vuitton and Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Dusseldorf among others Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at institutions including Uppsala Art Museum Sweden Musee d art moderne et contemporain de Saint Etienne France La Verriere by Hermes Brussels Fundacao Gulbenkian Lisbon and Palais de Tokyo Paris 8 Barthelemy Toguo has declined participation in exhibitions because of political views Such as the time in 2007 when he declined the invitation to join the Venice Biennale He states What guides me is a constantly evolving aesthetic but also a sense of ethics which makes a difference and structures my entire approach With my private initiative Bandjoun Station in Cameroon and the artistic project that accompanies it I wanted to take on my responsibilities as a man and an artist by offering another model and reference Under no circumstances whatever should my name be associated with that of Sindika Dokolo or the collection that he has put together over the years 2 He continues to say that he respects all the other artists that are participating in the project though he will not be joining them Solo edit 2020 Bilongue Cape Town South Africa 13 2019 Urban Requiem Lelong Gallery New York 14 2018 The Beauty of Our Voice 8 presented at the Parrish Art Museum 15 Water Mill New York from August 5 2018 to October 14 2018 His first solo exhibition at an American museum 2018 Heimatlos Nosbaum Reding Luxembourg 16 2017 Fragile Body Hadrian From Montferrand Gallery Beijing China 17 2017 Strange fruit Lelong amp Co Gallery Paris 18 2016 Strange Fruit Johannesburg South Africa 13 2015 2015 Africa Galerie Samuel Lallous Montreal 19 2014 The Cost of Living Musee d Art et d Histoire Narbonne France 20 2014 A dream place for the orphans l Aspirateur Lieu d art contemporain Narbonne France 20 2014 Celebrations Cape Town South Africa 13 2013 Hidden Faces Lelong Gallery Paris 2012 A World Child Looking at the Landscape Nosbaum amp Reding Luxembourg 21 2011 Criminal Tribunal Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna 2004 2005 The Sick Opera Palais de Tokyo Paris France 2004 La guerre des sexes n aura pas lieu Ecole regionale des Beaux Arts Valence France 2003 Pure and Clean Institute of Visual Arts Milwaukee USA 1994 European center Saint Martin d Heres Grenoble France Group edit 2019 Perilous Bodies Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice New York USA 22 2018 Exile International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Geneva Switzerland 23 2014 Jaume Plensa Kiki Smith Bartelemy Toguo Lelong Gallery Paris 2005 African Art Now Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection Museum of Fine Arts Houston USA 2005 Hayward Gallery London England 2005 Centre Georges Pompidou Paris France 2004 Africa Remix Art contemporain d un continent Museum Kunst Palast Dusseldorf Germany 2004 Je m installe aux abattoirs La collection d art contemporain d agnes b Les Abattoirs Toulouse France 2003 The American Effect Global Perspectives on the United States 1990 2003 Whitney Museum of American Art New York USAReferences edit Artistic and Political Expression Through Coffee with Cameroon Artist Barthelemy Toguo Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine 2018 08 20 Retrieved 2019 11 05 a b c Barthelemy Toguo artist 2008 Head Above Water Bandjoun Station and the Venice Biennale Critical Interventions 2 1 2 26 30 DOI 10 1080 19301944 2008 10781328 DEBAT 2011 Investir la culture Interview de Barthelemy Toguo Forum d Avignon www forum avignon org Retrieved 2019 11 03 Stevenson Barthelemy Toguo Biography STEVENSON www stevenson info artist barthelemy toguo biography Kianja French order of Arts and Literature www thediplomaticsociety co za Retrieved 2019 11 03 Armstrong Annie 2019 02 06 Galerie Lelong amp Co Now Represents Barthelemy Toguo ARTnews Retrieved 2019 11 03 Barthelemy Toguo The Watermill Center www watermillcenter org 22 November 2017 Retrieved 2018 10 26 a b c d e f Platform Barthelemy Toguo The Beauty of our Voice Parrish Art Museum parrishart org Archived from the original on 2018 10 29 Retrieved 2018 10 26 Order of Arts and Letters Appointment Winter 2023 Barthelemy Toguo Biography Pigozzi Collection 2019 CAACART The Pigozzi Collection Retrieved 2019 11 04 Barthelemy Toguo Artists Galerie Lelong amp Co www galerielelong com Retrieved 2019 11 03 Selvin Claire 2019 05 15 Perez Art Museum Miami Acquires Works by 11 Artists Including Abbas Kiarostami and Cecilia Vicuna ARTnews com Retrieved 2023 10 03 a b c STEVENSON STEVENSON STEVENSON Retrieved 2020 01 24 Urban Requiem Barthelemy Toguo Exhibitions Galerie Lelong amp Co www galerielelong com Retrieved 2019 11 04 home Parrish Art Museum parrishart org Retrieved 2018 10 26 Barthelemy ToguoHeimatlos Exhibition Nosbaum Reding Gallery Projects Nosbaum Reding Gallery Projects i e Moz Retrieved 2019 11 04 dampierre luc de HdM GALLERY front exhibition HdMGallery com Retrieved 2019 11 04 artnet www artnet com Retrieved 2019 11 04 Barthelemy Toguo Africa Galerie Samuel Lallouz galeriesamuellallouz com wp content uploads 2015 03 Toguo CP VA pdf a b The cost of living Les Collections Les Musees de Narbonne webmuseo com Retrieved 2019 11 04 Barthelemy Toguo at Nosbaum Reding Luxembourg Artmap com artmap com Retrieved 2019 11 04 Perilous Bodies Ford Foundation 5 March 2019 Retrieved 2019 11 04 Exile International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum Retrieved 2019 11 04 External links editBarthelemy Toguo personal website Art Statements Archived 2015 05 24 at the Wayback Machine Barthelemy Toguo Contemporary African Art Collection Geneva Barthelemy Toguo at Galerie Lelong French representing gallery Barthelemy Toguo on kunstnet at the Oxford Art Journal The Perils of Patrimoine Art History and Narrative in the Immigration History Museum Paris Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture Village Matters City Works Ideas Technologies and Dialogues in the Work of HervE Youmbi African Arts Masks of Africa Identities Hidden and Revealed Project Muse The Lyon Biennale Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art The Radical Cosmopolitanism of Barthelemy Toguo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barthelemy Toguo amp oldid 1198340513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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