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* {{fr icon}} Essombe Mouange, ''Les arts plastiques au Cameroun, pour un espace d'expression viable'' in ''Cameroun: la culture sacrifiée''. Dossier of the magazine "[[Africultures]]", n. 60, L'Harmattan, July-September 2004, pp. 84-93.
* {{fr icon}} Essombe Mouange, ''Les arts plastiques au Cameroun, pour un espace d'expression viable'' in ''Cameroun: la culture sacrifiée''. Dossier of the magazine "[[Africultures]]", n. 60, L'Harmattan, July-September 2004, pp. 84-93.
* {{fr icon}} Essombe Mouange, ''Nous voulons faire de Douala la capitale des arts plastique: entretien avec Marilyn Douala Bell et Didier Schaub'' in ''Cameroun: la culture sacrifiée''. Dossier of the magazine "[[Africultures]]", n. 60, L'Harmattan, July-September 2004, pp. 94-95.
* {{fr icon}} Essombe Mouange, ''Nous voulons faire de Douala la capitale des arts plastique: entretien avec Marilyn Douala Bell et Didier Schaub'' in ''Cameroun: la culture sacrifiée''. Dossier of the magazine "[[Africultures]]", n. 60, L'Harmattan, July-September 2004, pp. 94-95.
* {{fr icon}} {{en icon}} "Revue Noire" - [http://www.revuenoire.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:revue-noire-nd13&catid=7:Magazine&Itemid=4&lang=en Special Issue on Cameroon], n. 13, 1994. Issue of the magazine focussed on Cameroon art scene (visual arts, literature, cinema, music and design). Talk memory also by [[Simon Njami]], Doual'Art, [[Marilyn Douala-Bell]], Didier Schaub.
* {{fr icon}} Thomas Boutoux et Cédric Vincent, ''Doual'art - Africa Remix Sampler'' in ''[[Africa Remix]]'', Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2005, p. 255.
*{{en icon}} Christian Hanoussek, ''Cameroon: An Emerging Art Scene'' in "NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art", n. 13/14, Spring/Summer 2001, pp. 100–105.
* {{en icon}} Dominique Malaquais, ''Quelle Liberté : Art, Beauty and the Grammars of Resistance in Douala'' in ''Beautiful/Ugly : African and diaspora aesthetics'', (dir.) Sarah Nuttall, Duke University Press Library et Prince Claus Fund, Durham et The Hague, 2006, p. 122-163. The chapter specifically refer to the artwork ''La nouvelle liberté'' by Joseph-Francis Sumégné produced by doual'art and the dynamics of this production.
* {{en icon}} ''Douala in Translation. A view of the city and its creative transformative potentials'', edited by Doual'art and iStrike Foundation, Episode Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007. Essays about the work of doual'art produced independently by researchers and intellectuals.
* {{en icon}} Zayd Minty, ''The Freedom to Dream]'' in "Art South Africa", V6.3., 03/2008. Article on specialized magazine about the work of doual'art in particular in the neighborhood of Bessengué. 
* {{en icon}} ''Living As Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011'', ed. Nato Thompson, MIT Press, 2012, p. 148.
* {{en icon}} Aya Bach / hw, ''[http://www.dw.de/art-and-history-are-shaping-cameroons-future/a-15361100 Art and history are shaping Cameroon's future]'' in DW Deutsche Welle, 03/09/2011.
* {{en icon}} Abdoumaliq Simone, ''For the City Yet to Come: Changing African Life in Four Cities'', Duke University Press, 2004, pp. 111-117.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.doualart.org doual'art website]
* [http://www.newmuseum.org/artspaces/view/doual-art-1 doual'art on the New Museum art spaces directly]


[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Douala]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Douala]]

Revision as of 08:48, 7 October 2013

doual'art
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Established1991
LocationPlace du Gouvernement
Bonanjo Douala, Cameroon
TypeContemporary Art
DirectorMarilyn Douala Bell
CuratorDidier Schaub
Websitedoual'art

doual'art is a no profit cultural organisation and art centre founded in 1991 in Douala, Cameroon and focussed on new urban practices of African cities.

History

doual'art was registered as a non profit organization in 1991 and it was established by Marilyn Douala Bell and Didier Schaub. In 1995 they create Espace doual'art, an exhibition space and gallery in the neighborhood of Bonanjo. In 1996 they produce La Nouvelle Liberté by Joseph-Francis Sumégné, considered a landmark in Douala. In 2005 they organize the first Ars&Urbis event, an international symposium to foster discussion and theory about the contribution of art to urban transformation; the event leads to the establishment of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala, a triennial exhibitions focused on public art. In March 2007 the second Ars&Urbis takes place as an international workshop organised in collaboration with the iStrike Foundation.[1] In December 2007 it is launched the first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala. In 2010 doual'art is invited to join the project trans developed in partnership with Revue Noire and AfricAmeérica.[2] In December 2010 takes place the second edition of SUD Salon Urbain de Douala; the salon produces the itinerant exhibition Making Douala 2007-2013[3] which is presented in 2012 at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam within its official programme,[4] at the Dakar Biennale as an off event[5] and in Gent.[6] In 2012 it promotes the project WikiAfrica Cameroon,[7] with the aim of training Wikipedians in residence in Cameroon, contributing to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons and organizing in 2013 Wiki Loves Monuments in Douala, Limbe and Edéa. In 2013 it participates at Art Dubai[8] with an invitation from the curator Bisi Silva.[9]

Governance

Marilyn Douala Bell and Didier Schaub.

Doual'art is directed by its president Marilyn Douala Bell and its artistic director Didier Schaub. The institution is an independent non profit organization which develops its activities and projects with the support of partners, international grant-makers and sponsors.

In producing site-specific urban interventions, doual'art works as an intermediary between social and economic actors, population and local collectives. It perceives cultural and artistic initiatives as a tool for consolidating freedom of expression and social cohesion, which allow in their turn transcending and overcoming closures and cleavages. doual'art implements a participatory approach to cultural practice, negotiating with local communities, NGOs and authorities their specific needs and aspirations and involving artists as facilitators of the development processes.

The exhibition space have presented works by Pascale Marthine Tayou, Goddy Leye, Alioum Moussa, Koko Komégné, Joseph Francis Sumegne, AchilleKà, Bili Bidjocka, Lucas Grandin, Khaled Hafez, Christian Hanussek, Aser Kash, Bill Kouelany, Frédéric Keiff, Faouzi Laatiris, Salifou Lindou, Michèle Magema, Malam, Joël Mpah Dooh, Younès Rahmoun, Tracy Rose, Kmiel Verschuren, Sue Williamson, Jules Wokam, Guy Wouete, Hervé Yamguen, Hervé Youmbi.

Building

doual'art was initially established in 1991 without a fixed location, with the aim of producing site-specific artworks and projects in the different neighborhoods of Douala. In 1995 the Espace doual'art is created. The space was established in the former cinema of the The Palace of Douala Kings, propriety of the family Douala Bell and located in Bonanjo, Place du Governement. The architect Danièle Diwouta-Kotto restored the location and created offices, an exhibition space, a cafeteria and the outside garden. The Espace doual'art hosts meetings, conferences, exhibitions, projections, installations and performances. Douala is at the centre of the work of doual'art, also after the establishment of the Espace doual'art. Between 1991 and 2012 doual'art produces artworks in over 12 neighborhood of the city.[10]

  • Photo Richard Harding Davis, c. 1902
    Photo Richard Harding Davis, c. 1902

Programme

The focus of doual'art is on contemporary art and urban transformations. Since 1991, the organization has exhibited and produced artworks of Cameroonian artists and it has invited in Douala contemporary artists of other nationalities in order to create a bridge between the city and contemporary art productions. The purpose of doual'art work is to foster Douala cultural and urban identity. Indeed, artistic creation is considered a trigger of change, a paradigm of development, and most crucially an effective means to fight indigence and poverty.[11] Since 2007 doual'art organises the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala, a triennial cultural event which produces ephemeral and permanent contemporary art and public art for the city of Douala. The event takes place in December; the first edition of SUD is organized in 2007; the second in 2010; the third in 2013.

Notability

doual'art is described by the Prince Claus Fund as an "organisation that has revolutionized the art scene in Cameroon"[12] and it receives the Prince Claus Award in 2009 with the explanation "This first Prince Claus Award to Cameroon honours Doual'art for its clearly articulated vision encompassing aesthetic quality and social engagement, for its innovative efforts to raise awareness of citizens' role in imagining and constructing their city, and for its inspirational impact on the visual arts and on social and cultural development in Central Africa".[13] doual'art is part of several international networks: Artfactories,[14] ArtsCollaboratory,[15] Prince Claus Fund Network, Transartists.[16] It is featured among the institutions of New Art Spaces Museum,[17] Global Art Museum,[18] Art Places,[19] C& Contemporary Art Platform for International Art from African Perspectives,[20] ArchNet,[21] Creative African Network[22] and within the institutions visited by Invisible Borders The Trans-African Photography Project,[23] The Naket,[24] Arte Invisible,[25] Cameroon Découverte.[26] The organisation and its activities have been supported among others by iStrike Foundation[27] (2005-2008) and ICU Art Projects[28] (since 2010), Enough Room for Space,[29] Prince Claus Fund, lettera27 Foundation, Mondriaan Foundation, Hivos,[30] ArtsCollaboratory - Doen Foundation.[31]

References

  1. ^ The Ars&Urbis International Workshop produces content for the publication Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potencials, eds Lucia Babina et Marylin Douala Bell, Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007. ISBN 978-90-5973-071-7.
  2. ^ Documentation on the project trans http://transacp.blogspot.it/.
  3. ^ Making Douala is promoted by doual'art and ICU Art Projects with Lucas Grandin.
  4. ^ http://www.iabr.nl/EN/program/exhibitions/Making.Douala.php.
  5. ^ Making Douala at Raw Material Company in Dakar during Dak'Art on "Nafas art magazine" http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2012/dakart/img/18 and on Lucas Grandin's website http://lucas.grandin.free.fr/making%20douala%20dakar.html.
  6. ^ http://www.iabr.nl/EN/news/121028_MakingDoualaGent.php.
  7. ^ The project WikiAfrica Cameroon is supported by Orange Foundation and it is developed in partnership of lettera27 Foundation and the Africa Centre
  8. ^ doual'art at Art Dubai by exhibiting the artists Em’kal, Boris Nzebo and Joseph-Francis Sumégné and by representing the artists Romuald Dikoumé, Justine Gaga, Haco Hankson, Aser Kash, Koko Komégné, Salifou Lindou, Hervé Yamguen and Hervé Youmbi, http://artdubai.ae/2013/galleries/doual-art.
  9. ^ Lily Okorokwo, Bisi Silva curates the marker section at Art Dubai 2012 in "glowingcolours", 19/02/2012 http://www.glowingcolours.com/?p=195.
  10. ^ Marilyn Douala Bell, A Celebration of Art in the City of Douala in Douala in Translation, (dir.) Marilyn Douala Bell & Lucia Babina, Episode Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007, p. 120-124.
  11. ^ Thomas Boutoux e Cédric Vincent, Africa Remix Sampler in Africa Remix, Parigi, Centre Pompidou, 2005.
  12. ^ Prince Claus Fund website http://princeclausfund.org/es/network/doual.html.
  13. ^ Ibidem.
  14. ^ http://www.artfactories.net/Doual-art-Douala,131.html
  15. ^ Doual'art on ArtsCollaboratory http://www.artscollaboratory.org/organisations/Doual-Art
  16. ^ http://www.transartists.org/air/doualart.
  17. ^ Doual'art on the project New Art Spaces Museums by the New Museum of New York http://www.newmuseum.org/artspaces/view/doual-art-1.
  18. ^ Description of doual'art on Global Art Museum http://www.globalartmuseum.de/site/moca_of_the_month/196.
  19. ^ http://www.artplaces.org/places/doual-art/.
  20. ^ http://www.contemporaryand.com/blog/institue/doualart/.
  21. ^ http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=16870.
  22. ^ http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com/page/505/en.
  23. ^ http://invisible-borders.com/2012/09/a-montage-of-moments-2/.
  24. ^ http://thenaked.nl/spaces/doual-art.
  25. ^ Promoted at ARCO http://www.aecidarteinvisible.es/arteinvisible/doual-e.html.
  26. ^ http://www.cameroun-decouverte.net/decouvrir/doualart.html.
  27. ^ http://istrike.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Doual%27Art.
  28. ^ ICU Art Projects http://icuartprojects.wordpress.com/
  29. ^ http://www.enoughroomforspace.org/project_pages/view/141.
  30. ^ http://www.hivos.org/partner/doualart
  31. ^ http://www.doenculture.com/1730/en/doual-art.

Further reading

  • Template:Fr icon Emmanuelle Lequeux, A Douala, la princesse qui veut éveiller les consciences in "Le Monde", 14/03/2012.
  • Template:Fr icon Essombe Mouange, Les arts plastiques au Cameroun, pour un espace d'expression viable in Cameroun: la culture sacrifiée. Dossier of the magazine "Africultures", n. 60, L'Harmattan, July-September 2004, pp. 84-93.
  • Template:Fr icon Essombe Mouange, Nous voulons faire de Douala la capitale des arts plastique: entretien avec Marilyn Douala Bell et Didier Schaub in Cameroun: la culture sacrifiée. Dossier of the magazine "Africultures", n. 60, L'Harmattan, July-September 2004, pp. 94-95.
  • Template:Fr icon Template:En icon "Revue Noire" - Special Issue on Cameroon, n. 13, 1994. Issue of the magazine focussed on Cameroon art scene (visual arts, literature, cinema, music and design). Talk memory also by Simon Njami, Doual'Art, Marilyn Douala-Bell, Didier Schaub.
  • Template:Fr icon Thomas Boutoux et Cédric Vincent, Doual'art - Africa Remix Sampler in Africa Remix, Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2005, p. 255.
  • Template:En icon Christian Hanoussek, Cameroon: An Emerging Art Scene in "NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art", n. 13/14, Spring/Summer 2001, pp. 100–105.
  • Template:En icon Dominique Malaquais, Quelle Liberté : Art, Beauty and the Grammars of Resistance in Douala in Beautiful/Ugly : African and diaspora aesthetics, (dir.) Sarah Nuttall, Duke University Press Library et Prince Claus Fund, Durham et The Hague, 2006, p. 122-163. The chapter specifically refer to the artwork La nouvelle liberté by Joseph-Francis Sumégné produced by doual'art and the dynamics of this production.
  • Template:En icon Douala in Translation. A view of the city and its creative transformative potentials, edited by Doual'art and iStrike Foundation, Episode Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007. Essays about the work of doual'art produced independently by researchers and intellectuals.
  • Template:En icon Zayd Minty, The Freedom to Dream] in "Art South Africa", V6.3., 03/2008. Article on specialized magazine about the work of doual'art in particular in the neighborhood of Bessengué. 
  • Template:En icon Living As Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011, ed. Nato Thompson, MIT Press, 2012, p. 148.
  • Template:En icon Aya Bach / hw, Art and history are shaping Cameroon's future in DW Deutsche Welle, 03/09/2011.
  • Template:En icon Abdoumaliq Simone, For the City Yet to Come: Changing African Life in Four Cities, Duke University Press, 2004, pp. 111-117.

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