Galerie Lelong & Co. is delighted to announce Water is a Right, the new exhibition by French-Cameroonian artist Barthélemy Toguo. This time, Barthélémy Toguo has “created a dream”, in which he invites viewers to discover new works, conceived for the exhibition as part of a residency at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. Here he has created a realm where fish and birds live side by side, in paintings and sculptures, an amphora and ceramics with soft, flowing forms.
“Taking stock of the current problem of the lack of drinking water in many parts of Africa and the rest of the world, I decided to transform the exhibition space into an aquatic environment. I love the shape of fish and invent other imaginary ones. With the sea in mind, I often draw the blue dotted lines in my work. I imagine rain and oceans transforming a scene or landscape into a marine universe. I marvel at the fluidity of the water, which represents a gentle, non-violent world; its colour is undeniably beautiful. These depths are also dangerous, but it’s clear that this substance offers more visual softness than a rock, and the same applies to touch. The dream of falling into water rather than onto a rock creates greater serenity.”
Water “is an invaluable and vital element that invites us to dream and gives us life”, says the artist, concerned that this resource, which should be a right for everyone, is cruelly lacking in several parts of the planet, endangering the living world.
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