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Barthélémy Toguo
b. 1967, Mbalmayo, Cameroon · Cameroonian · Based in Bandjoun, Cameroon; Paris, France
- École des Beaux-Arts d'Abidjan
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Watercolor
- Woodcarving
- Installation
- Performance
Barthélémy Toguo works across drawing, performance, installation and sculpture to examine migration, borders, illness, political power and the body. His large carved stamps and Transit performances transform bureaucratic tools into oversized symbols of mobility and exclusion.
Drawing; sculpture; performance; installation
Gallery Representation
Major Works
- 1996Transit
- 2008Road to Exile
- 2005 onwardStupid African President
- 2015Urban Requiem
- 2004 onwardHead Above Water
- 2012Purification
- 2010sThe New World Climax
- 2010sBlack Lives Always Matter
- 2010sThe Pillar of Missing Migrants
- 2010sWater Matters
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Interviews & Writing
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