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Pascale Marthine Tayou

lover  2015

Neon
280 x 700 x 8mm
Edition of 14 plus 1 AP

£3,000 incl. VAT
Flight/travel case additional: £220

On the occasion of his exhibition at the Serpentine North Gallery, Pascale Marthine Tayou has created a new neon Limited Edition. The word ‘lover’ is inscribed in cursive script, combining an intimate and suggestive greeting with the cool light of neon, a medium more closely associated with advertising than personal expression.

Humour and warmth is never far from Tayou’s sculptural practice, which encompasses a wide variety of natural, handcrafted and mass-produced materials. His frequent use of neon translates the fluidity of a drawing or handwritten passage into an industrially-produced object, bringing with it multiple readings and associations.

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Pascale Marthine Tayou (b. 1966in Nkongsamba, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian artist. He lives and works in Ghent, Belgium and in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Tayou began studying law before deciding instead to become an artist, began exhibiting in the early 1990s – a time of political and social upheaval across West Africa. With works often produced in situ, Tayou is renowned for combining found and discarded objects and materials – often sourced locally – with a skilled and playful sense of craftsmanship.

Tayou has exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Fowler Museum at UCLA (2014); Kunsthaus Bregenz (2014); MACRO, Rome (2012); MUDAM Luxembourg (2011); Mac Lyon (2011); Malmö Konsthall (2010).

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