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We were working with the artist from November 2007 till June 2010. Still we have works in our Magazin. Please do not hesitate to ask Peter Herrmann for further informations. |
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For the past few years, the Cameroonian artist has been attracting much attention, above all for his sculptures and expansive installations. He often consolidates the symbolic value of certain artefacts in order to make statements that bear very directly on specific social conditions. He works pictorially, builds morbid sculptures and often uses "garbage" in his installations, which not infrequently present shocking worlds populated with eerie and very expressive figures. Most of these subjects seem more dead than alive, and all have woe written across their faces. Pharmaceutical cartons frequently feature as important design elements in Malam's work. The artist reflects experiences with extraordinary energy and through his pieces, projects his own conception of the "reality of life." In his own estimation, his work is concerned with reality, with the suffering and inequality in the world and with the continued existence of slavery.
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He wants to provoke the viewer and shock him with the blatant terror that he himself has helped create and from which he all too often deliberately averts his eyes.
Malam was born in Douala, Cameroon in 1967. He currently lives and works in France. |
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Fotos: Malam and Carol Thompson |
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Beauté.afriques@nantes, 2004, Nantes/ France. |
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Petrol against Aliment
Teile eines Motorrads,
Gips, pharmazeutische Artikel,
107 cm hoch
2007
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Mitterrand
C-print und pharmazeutische Artikel auf Schaumstoffplatte,
120 x 125 cm
2007 |
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o.T.
Gips, pharmazeutische
Verpackungen, Flaschen, Plastik, Rollwagen,
140 cm (vertical)
2007 |
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o.T.
Gips, pharmazeutische
Verpackungen, Flaschen, Plastik, Rollwagen,
140 cm (vertical)
2007 |
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| Cooperation with the gallery |
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November 24 - December 22, 2007
January 11 - Februar 2, 2008
Installation and skulptures | 
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Joburg Art Fair
March 13. - 16, 2008
together with Bill Kouélany, Myriam Mihindou and Louzla Darabi |
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art Karlsruhe
5. - 8. März 2009
With Bill Kouélany, Nicole Guiraud, Dalila Dalleas, Ayana V. Jackson, Chéri Samba und Ransome Stanley |
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Joburg Art Fair
3. - 5. April 2009
With Bill Kouélany, Dalila Dalleas, Ayana V. Jackson und Ransome Stanley |
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A new documentary at YouTube: Malam by Dominique Malaquais, Patrick Brunie and Clement Juillard
Two documentary films made in 2007 and 2008 from Patrick Bruni about Malam are to see in the Gallery. |
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