The World’s New Climax, 2000

ArtistBarthélémy Toguo, Mbalmayo *1967

Wooden table, two wooden busts, eleven wooden stamps

(H x W x D)120 × 250 × 100 cm

Status

on display, room 036

About the workIn some countries, certain stamps in a passport can cause difficulties when crossing the border. For this installation, Barthélémy Toguo addressed restrictions on freedom of travel. The Cameroonian artist carved key terms from the authorities into the bottom of wooden stamps. His own identity documents inspired him to create these sculptures, as did the general issue of being “labelled” – a feeling that often affects immigrants from countries outside Western Europe. Toguo’s stamps in the form of faceless busts critique the bureaucratic classification of people.

AccessionAcquisition 2002

Provenance[...]; 2002 angekauft von der Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris

Inventory number0.2002.6

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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