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Sauveteur 3

Sauveteur 3

2014
(Cameroonian, b. 1966)
height: 132 cm (51 15/16 in.)
© Pascale Marthine Tayou Studio, RICHARD TAITTINGER GALLERY, New York, and GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Tayou, who is male, uses the feminine versions of his first and middle names: Pascal and Martin.

Description

The ethereal Sauveteur 3 draws its form from canonical power figures of central Africa, notably Kongo nkisi nkondo. Embellished with a range of found materials around the upper torso, the sculpture combines visual strategies in African art, traditional practices by African ritual specialists to activate power objects, and contextual references to everyday experiences to make shrewd commentary on present-day society.
  • 2018
    (Pascale Marthine Tayou Studio, Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York, NY, in partnership with Galerie Continua, Milan, IT, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2018-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Rodrigues, Gemma, Leora Maltz-Leca, and Pascale Marthine Tayou. World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2015. p.44
    Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019 Mentioned: p. 20; reproduced: p. 21, fig. 8, p. 24, fig. 12 (left foreground).
    Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth. “Acquisitions 2018: African Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 8-9. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 9.
  • African art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20, 2019-October 5, 2020).
    Art Africa Fair, Cape Town, ZA (2018)
    Sunrise Surprise, workshops of Pascale Marthine Tayou, Ghent, BE (2016)
    World Share. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles (November 2, 2014–March 1, 2015)
  • {{cite web|title=Sauveteur 3|url=false|author=Pascale Marthine Tayou|year=2014|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.204