Barthélémy Toguo

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Photo courtesy of Museu Picasso.

The importance of Barthélémy Toguo’s work on the international art scene is recognized around the world. He has been invited to biennials and major international institutions, and in Cameroon he has created an ecological agricultural project.

Since the end of the 1990s, his works have drawn the attention of numerous critics and curators who invite him to large exhibitions. In 2016 Barthélémy Toguo was one of the four artists nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, and for this reason he presented the installation Vaincre le virus! (Beat the virus!) at the Center Pompidou in Paris.

In perpetual rebellion against the dysfunctions of the world, many of his pieces deal with migration and exile. Nature, another of his favorite themes, appears in his Homo planta series, which reflects his desire for man to cohabit in harmony with nature. The works of Barthélémy Toguo oscillate between the denunciation of inequalities and the celebration of life, nature and the body.

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