15th Mar, 2023 18:00
20th Century & Contemporary Art
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Pascale Marthine Tayou (Cameroon 1967-)
Poupée Pascale
resin, wood, nails and plaster of Paris assemblage
Artwork date: 2014
Exhibited: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 'Materiality', 14 February 2020 to 2 August 2020.
Literature: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Matereality, 14 February 2020 – 2 August 2020 .
Condition Report
The overall condition is very good.
Minor surface dirt.
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resin, wood, nails and plaster of Paris assemblage
Artwork date: 2014
Exhibited: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 'Materiality', 14 February 2020 to 2 August 2020.
Literature: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Matereality, 14 February 2020 – 2 August 2020 .
(1)
69 x 49.5 x 36 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Cape Town.
Galleria Continua, San Gimignano.
COLLECTOR'S NOTES:
“What does culture mean? What does it mean to be human? Of course I have my own answer. It is something universal.”
– Pascale Marthine Tayou
Ever since the beginning of the 1990s and his participation in Documenta 11 (2002) in Kassel and at the Venice Biennale (2005 and 2009), Pascale Marthine Tayou received widespread critical acclaim for his multi-media works and became internationally renowned.
Tayou’s artistic perspective is informed by his origins in Cameroon and his path as an African moving through the world. He often connects seemingly paradoxical ideas in a way that reveals universal simplicity. While the content and scope of his work shifts between Europe and Africa, past and current, man-made and natural, Tayou’s work is grounded by a deep engagement with his immediate environment.
Tayou’s appropriation of objects, materials, and ideas points to their role as “witnesses of history… of their time.” His Poupées Pascale series (like the current work), for example, is comprised of ritualistic objects fashioned after the totemic sculptures of his ancestors, except wood, nails, and blood are replaced by contemporary materials such as glass, plastic, and beads.
Through creating these objects, Tayou describes a kind of pleasure in exploring the borders of our identities, shared across cultures and time: “The pleasure of doing so opens the way towards the construction of contemporary fetishism.” (1)
(1) Morillo. R.M. (2019), Pascale Marthine Tayou: something Universal in The Art Momentum, Cape Town Art Fair Artpaper, published 27 February 2019
The artist is currently showing in the group exhibition; Les Professeurs Gribouillent Aussi at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, France.
COLLECTIONS:
The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, The Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town.
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Auction: 20th Century & Contemporary Art, 15th Mar, 2023
Kickstarting the 2023 program Aspire Art are delighted to present their first Live sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art in March. The sale has become a highly anticipated event in the Cape Town auction calendar, showcasing and recognising works by truly exceptional artists from Southern Africa.
Contemporary highlights include seminal works by William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Sue Williamson, Johannes Phokela, Zander Blom, Athi-Patra Ruga, Dan Halter and Georgina Gratrix amongst others. International superstars include Pascale Marthine Tayou and Francisco Vidal. Photographic works feature prominently as a special section and include limited editioned prints by celebrated documentary photographers Alf Kumalo and David Goldblatt alongside incredible photographic works by artists like Mary Sibande, Ayana Jackson, Candice Breitz and the award-winning Mikhael Subotzky.
Leading the sale is a group of important and rare works by South African modern masters, most significantly a selection of expressive drawings by Dumile Feni and paintings by social realist George Pemba. The modern collection is complimented by a landscape painted by J.H. Pierneef and a beautifully rendered gouache by Irma Stern from 1951.
Preview: 10 to15 March
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