HERVE YAMGUEN
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Herve Yamguen was born in Douala in 1971.
He grew in this city where he lives and works.
The family concession, where his workshop is, is in one of the most popular
districts of the city. It is this environment which nourishes the imaginary
of Herve whose plastic work turns around the face, the body and the place
of it in the world.
Herve Yamguen is one of the members of the Cercle Kapsiki. As a member of the cercle Kapsiki, it took part in "Scénographies Urbaines" (Urban Scenographies) (January 2003) He exposed (April 2003) a work at the Mam gallery within the framework of the project "Pièce Unique" initiate 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"). A new book is published by French Cultural centre of Douala. See also: the website of Hervé Yamguen |
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| Hervé Yamguen 2003 Acrylique sur toile 40cmX80cm |
Hervé Yamguen 1998 Acrylique crayon gras sur papier 60cmX80cm |
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| Hervé Yamguen 1998 Livre Objet |
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To go further: Some of these links open a page on the Amazon website. 
Revue Noire published an Anthology of African arts of 20th century...
, where some of the artists introduced in this section are quoted.
This anthology is an indispensable tool to discover the African contemporary art.
Number 13 of Revue Noire was devoted entirely to Cameroon. But it seems that it is out of print. One can also visit the website of Revue Noire.  Number 60 of the review Africultures ,
Cameroon:
La culture Sacrifiée(in fench on Amazon.fr), is also entirely devoted to Cameroon. The literature cuts the share of the lion but the visual arts are also treated of.
Hervé Yamguen seems omnipresent in this opus...
Other articles, in particular concerning Scénographies Urbaines (Urban scenographies) can be found on the site of Africultures  Les peintres de l'Estuaire (The painters of the Estuary in french on Amazon.fr) by Nicolas Bissek is devoted
to the artists of Libreville and Douala.
Several of the artists introduced in this heading are within the synopsis of this book.
And also Sidney Kasfir: Contemporary African Art Andre Magnin: African Art Now 
These links open a page on the Amazon.com site. |
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