PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU – BOSSA BOSSA
2020-06-22Bossa Bossa brings a series of recent works to our exhibition space, along with works created in situ, constituting an immersive installation that embodies the work of an artist who defines himself as an explorer. The phrase used in the title means “victory, victory” and refers to a cry of celebration and encouragement shouted by African migrants when they succeed in crossing the fences that separate them from Europe, a cry that is answered and repeated by those who remain on the other side of the barriers.
A self-taught artist, Jean Appolinaire Tayou abandoned law studies to dedicate himself to art and adopted his parents’ first names, giving them a feminine form by adding a final “e” in order to distance himself ironically from the importance given to authorship and the assigning of masculine and feminine roles, a shift that can also be applied to any reductive attempt to interpret specific geographical or cultural origins.
Opposite – Installation view
Exhibition runs through to July 31st, 2020
Galería Javier López & Fer Francés
Guecho, 12 B
28023 Madrid
Spain
