Hervé Yamguen

Hervé Yanguem

Hervé Yanguen during a performance, Douala, 2010
Born (1971-06-17)June 17, 1971
Douala Cameroon
Nationality Cameroonian
Education Ecole Superiore des Arts Decoratifs in Strasburg
Known for Painting, Sculpture
Notable work Le temps de la saison verte (1998),

Herve Yamguen (born 1971 in Douala) is a Cameroonian painter and sculptor. Autodidact, he launched himself in painting, sculpture and he discovered a passion for the writing which enables him to wonder about its daily live. He currently works on plays.

He grew in Douala where he lives and works in one of the most popular districts of the city, New Bell. It is this environment which nourishes the imaginary of Hervé whose plastic work turns around the face, the body and the place of it in the world.

Works

Hervé Yamguen,oublie ton corps à la vie, 2007

Hervé Yamguen is one of the members of the Cercle Kapsiki.[1] As a member of the cercle, it took part in Scénographies Urbaines, (Urban Scenographies)[2] in January 2003, a project born from the meeting of Cameroonian artists. The idea consists of a residence of artists from all over the world located in the popular district of New Bellin Douala: the project aimed at leading artists to express themselves and exchange with the inhabitants of the district of Douala whose reputation was not the best. The stereotypes had to be broken to create new words. The communication had to be reinvented. It is during the workshop in the district New Bell that the Kapsiki circle (Hervé Youmbi, Hervé Yamguen, Blaise Bang, Salifou Lindou, Jules Wokam) and the collective Skurk (J-C Lanquetin, François Duconseille) invited other artists from Cameroon, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lebanon, to share with the district’s population details of their lives.

He exposed in 2003 a work at the Mam gallery within the framework of the project Pièce Unique, initiated by the French Cultural centre of Douala. He also published a long poem Le temps de la saison verte (The time of the green season), in 1998. A new book is published by the French Cultural centre of Douala.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "eternalnetwork.org".
  2. ↑ "Page fermeture des Pages perso". en-ville.orange.fr.
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