page_title: Pascale Marthine Tayou
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Pascale Marthine Tayou / Works
caption_attribution_description: SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010 Public monumental sculpture commissioned in the frame of SUD Salon Urbain de Douala.
context_page_description: Pascale Marthine Tayou is a Cameroonian artist born in Yaounde, Cameroon in 1967. He began his career as an artist in the 1990s, and has carried out exhibitions in Cameroon, Germany, France, and Belgium, among others. His work combines various mediums and seeks to artistically redefine postcolonial culture and raise questions about globalisation and modernity. Formerly known as Pascal Marthin Tayou, he changed his name to Pascale Marthine Tayou in the 1990s.
context_section_description: Tayou is recognised nationally and internationally for his artistic works. He is associated with the Douala-based doual'art association, which has contributed significantly to promoting the artist to the international scene. His first works focused on drawing and sculpture that expressed societal problems such as AIDS. More recently, he combines popular visual cultures and social realities through improvisational styles to construct installations that depict post-colonial African lifestyles and contemporary social, political and cultural realities across countries. Tayou, who now works and lives in Belgium, has travelled extensively across the globe to showcase his exhibitions. The artist describes himself as an explorer, one who moves across the world to explore the common issues of the global village.
  "His work is directly influenced by the scenes he witnesses in the countries he visits. He collects ephemera from his journeys, including train and airline ticket stubs, restaurant and shop receipts and labels or wrappings for socks, razors, batteries and plastic bags. Tayou's insistent reuse and recycling of these objects reminds us that contemporary life is inextricably linked with economics, migration and politics."
  Tayou won the 2011 ARKEN Prize, awarded by the Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs' Philanthropic Foundation at Copenhagen, presented on 17 March 2011. This prize of DKK 100,000 is one of the largest art prizes in Denmark. It was awarded for his ability to create a compelling and challenging work that relates to pressing issues in the modern, globalised world.
  Tayou became the 4th "artistic sponsor" of the milanese Velasca Football Club founded by Wolfgang Natlacen in 2015.
caption: Pascale Marthine Tayou, Colonne Pascale, SUD-Salon Urbain de Douala, Douala, 2010. Photo Roberto Paci Dalò
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