Art Wash
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Art Wash is a studio and an artist-run initiative based in Douala
, Cameroon
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The name of the art space is related to the fact that Art Wash is situated close to the river and it wishes to be a “laundry for art”, transforming and promoting hand-made art. While being Dou Essoukan's and Koko Komégné
’s atelier, Art Wash functions as an art centre and laboratory.
Artist Dou Essoukan established his atelier in the neighbourhood of Deïdo in the 1990s. In 2003 he transformed it into Art Wash, in collaboration with the artist Koko Komégné
. Art Wash collaborates with Atelier Viking
.
Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. Home to Cameroon's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport, it is the commercial capital of the country...
, Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
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The name of the art space is related to the fact that Art Wash is situated close to the river and it wishes to be a “laundry for art”, transforming and promoting hand-made art. While being Dou Essoukan's and Koko Komégné
Koko Komégné
Koko Komégné is a visual artist based in Douala and he is a promoter of the contemporary art scene in Cameroon.- Life and career :Koko Komégné was born in 1950 in Batoufam. In 1956 he moves to Yaoundé where he attends school and he starts drawing and listening to all sorts of musics...
’s atelier, Art Wash functions as an art centre and laboratory.
Artist Dou Essoukan established his atelier in the neighbourhood of Deïdo in the 1990s. In 2003 he transformed it into Art Wash, in collaboration with the artist Koko Komégné
Koko Komégné
Koko Komégné is a visual artist based in Douala and he is a promoter of the contemporary art scene in Cameroon.- Life and career :Koko Komégné was born in 1950 in Batoufam. In 1956 he moves to Yaoundé where he attends school and he starts drawing and listening to all sorts of musics...
. Art Wash collaborates with Atelier Viking
Atelier Viking
Atelier Viking is a studio and an artist-run initiative based in Douala, Cameroon.Artist Viking Kanganyam André founded atelier Viking in March 1976 to promote contemporary art in Cameroon. The paucity of art galleries in Douala encouraged Kanganyam to create a space where artists could be trained...
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Squat'art
In 2001 and 2002 Art Wash staged a two weeks workshop - Squat’art. The idea behind Squat’art was to promote young artists who did not have the possibility of exhibiting in commercial galleries. Indeed, the paucity of galleries in Douala in the 1990s prevented emerging artists from gaining visibility and experience. The first Squat'art took place in Bali in January 2001 and involved more than twenty artists. The second edition, which was a tribute to the artist Kuoh Eyango, was organised in Deïdo from the 4th to the 17th February. The organising committee, led by the artists Koko Komégné, Dou Essoukan and Viking invited over forty artists who produced and exhibited original works.External links
- Yann Queinnec, 2001 Video on Squat'art presented in 2003 in Paris in occasion of the exhibition Cameroun Connections http://dailymotion.alice.it/yaq/video/x6ic_cameroon-connection-le-film
- Yann Queinnec, interview http://www.clubexpwc.com/WEB/ClubAnciensPwC.nsf/$/CDD2D641B3B419DDC1256F9B005AED21?Opendocument