The Art of Malam.

"Petrol against Aliment"
2007, Teile eines Motorrads, Gips, pharmazeutische Artikel, Schläuche, Krücken,
107 cm hoch

Via: galerie-herrmann

"For the past few years, the Cameroonian artist has Malam been attracting much attention, above all for his sculptures and expansive installations. He often consolidates the symbolic value of certain artefacts in order to make statements that bear very directly on specific social conditions. He works pictorially, builds morbid sculptures and often uses "garbage" in his installations, which not infrequently present shocking worlds populated with eerie and very expressive figures. Most of these subjects seem more dead than alive, and all have woe written across their faces. Pharmaceutical cartons frequently feature as important design elements in Malam's work. The artist reflects experiences with extraordinary energy and through his pieces, projects his own conception of the "reality of life." In his own estimation, his work is concerned with reality, with the suffering and inequality in the world and with the continued existence of slavery.

He wants to provoke the viewer and shock him with the blatant terror that he himself has helped create and from which he all too often deliberately averts his eyes. Malam was born in Douala, Cameroon in 1967. He currently lives and works in France."