Born in 1967 in Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Lives and works between Paris and Bandjoun Station
An artist of international renown, Barthélemy Toguo uses drawing, watercolour, sculpture, ceramics, collage, engraving, performance, photography and video "to create a language that draws its inspiration from encounters and travels". In his often autobiographical work, he speaks of “exile, migration, North-South exchanges, racism, homophobia, AIDS and religion”. His work copposes the world of the West with that of his origins, and speaks of the tragedies of History and the fragility of life. In 2017, he created a ceramic fresco, Célébrations, for the Château rouge metro station in Paris. In 1999, he opened Bandjoun Station in Cameroon, a residency for artistis and an economic and social project to “revive a thought of Diasporic Africa”.
making of Take a Green Breath, 2017 - Barthélémy TOGUO
7 colors lithographic print on Arches paper
Édition à 35 exemplaires
62.99 x 47.24 in (160 x 120 cm)
Réalisée à l'atelier Stéphane Guilbaud, La Force
Signed and numbered by the artist
Two colors lithographic print on Arches paper
Édition à 50 exemplaires
33.46 x 27.56 in (85 x 70 cm)
Réalisée à l'atelier Stéphane Guilbaud, La Force
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist
three colors lithographic print on Arches paper
Édition à 50 exemplaires
27.56 x 33.46 in (70 x 85 cm)
Réalisée à l'atelier Stéphane Guilbaud, La Force
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist
Three colors lithographic print on Arches paper
Édition à 50 exemplaires
27.56 x 33.46 in (70 x 85 cm)
Réalisée à l'atelier Stéphane Guilbaud, La Force
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist
Barthélémy TOGUO Take a Green Breath, 2017
3 colors lithographic print on Arches paperÉdition à 35 exemplaires
47.24 x 62.99 in (120 x 160 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist
Réalisée à l'atelier Stéphane Guilbaud, La Force