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Overview"In his sculptures, drawings, videos and performances--which are frequently interwoven to become opulent, lavish installations-- Cameroonian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou (born 1967) addresses such subjects as national identity, consumerism and the global village, drawing on cheap materials such as plastic bags, beads, dolls and brushes. His installations blur distinctions between sacred objects and commercial goods, playing with popular conceptions of African art and conjoining religious fetishism and consumer fetishism with wit and sculptural ingenuity. He has been championed by curators such as Daniel Birnbaum, Nicolas Bourriaud and Okwui Enwezor, who here elaborates on the idea of ""openness"" as a fundamental artistic strategy, using Tayou's early assemblage technique as a point of departure. In his contribution, Yilmaz Dziewior focuses on the concept of the exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz that this volume accompanies and the large-scale installations that have been newly created for the Kunsthaus, which are also documented here." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Yilmaz Dziewior , Okwui Enwezor , Yilmaz DziewiorPublisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Imprint: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.50cm Weight: 1.089kg ISBN: 9783863355326ISBN 10: 3863355326 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 July 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English / German Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |