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Chalks and Pins, 2011
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Chalks and Pins, 2011
165 x 212 x 8 cm
Installation view
Image courtesy of GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano, Beijing, Le Moulin
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Pascale Marthine Tayou
Chalks and Pins, 2011
165 x 212 x 8 cm
Installation view
Image courtesy of GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano, Beijing, Le Moulin
Chalks and Pins and Charcoal make up a sort of tapestry made from multicoloured pieces of chalk and black charcoal lined up in horizontal and diagonal rows. The composition is inspired by Cameroonian tradition, but also alludes to the processes of art-making and to educational tools through the choice of materials typically used for writing or drawing.
The work proposes the idea of the artist as a 'maker', an individual who reorganises aspects of society usually viewed as static and entangled.
2013
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
Pascale Marthine Tayou
2012
Chalks and pins
133 x 255 x 4.5 cm
Installation view
Image courtesy of GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano, Beijing, Le Moulin
Tayou's work is deliberately mobile, elusive and heterogeneous, closely linked to the idea of travel and coming into contact with what is other to the self.
This publication takes as its starting point Yuko Hasegawa’s curatorial concept for Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:Emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography and March Meeting 2013.