Galerie Lelong
Venice Biennale
56th International Art Exhibition - All the World’s Futures
Curator : Okwui Enwezor
Venue : Arsenal
9 May - 22 November 2015
Barthélémy Toguo
Urban Requiem
« The installation Urban Requiem examines our shared human existence from varied
and various perspectives: a scream, a reverent celebration, a ceremony, a memorial. This
work honors those who encounter and endure injustice, and continues the investigation I
started with Transits (1996); The New World Climax (2000); Purifications and Head Above
Water (2004); Climbing Down (2005); and The Time (2011). In this installation, my work and
process come together to focus on the concept of the “other” - someone other than ourselves
who shares our grief, our existence. As Camus said, "For me, art is not a solitary delight. It is
a means of stirring the greatest number of people, by offering them a privileged picture of our
common heartaches and joys. » Barthélémy Toguo.
Production : Bandjoun Station, Cameroon & Galerie Lelong, Paris
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