Cameroon

^{Organized by Doual’art and iStrike foundation, this event will take between 9th and 16th Dec. 2007 during the Salon Urbain de Douala, SUD. Participants will approach the cityscape visiting the most experimental public art projects throughout Douala. Two conferences will put the spotlight on the methodologies and impact of urban interventions allowing experts and dwellers to exchange and evaluate the most effective solutions. The theoretical discussion will develop alongside the presentation of the publication Douala in Translation and of site-specific installations produced ad-hoc for SUD and tackling issues like urban mobility, heritage, informal sector, recycling and modernity. Read more.}

_{Tchianze Justin alias T.J. Pako is a fine artist based in Yaounde. Though the path leading to his workshop is unkempt with over grown grass and trees, it is attractive because of the fine paintings on exhibition at the entrance. When asked why he has decided to display his works around his jobsite, he replied: "fine arts have no particular place to be displayed for sale". J.T. Pako says the business is dwindling in Cameroon as Cameroonians...Read more from allAfrica}

_{Over the years, the art of painting in Cameroon seems to be going down the drain. Many difficulties account for this. Most Cameroonian painters hardly live on their works of arts. As a result there is the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the artists. The absence of galleries for exhibitions in towns, especially in Yaounde, is a major set back. According to one painter, Emile Youmbi, artists...Read more from allAfrica}

_{He is certainly not a Cameroonian alter ego of Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Bierstadt, or Michelangelo Buonarotti. But Max Lyonga, is an accomplished artist in his own right. With deep passion he uses his intellectual, environmental, social and cultural influences to portray the world around him. He is a true product of his society that is why he has made "the Fight Against Poverty" his current pre-occupation. Read more from web.worldbank.org}

_{La troisième édition de The Last Picture Show III, destinée à promouvoir le travail des plasticiens camerounais dans leur pays et sur la scène internationale - confirme - malgré une scénographie peu équilibrée - la maturation d'un art contemporain Made in Cameroun. Lueur d'un soleil couchant sur les bords d'une falaise. Suspendue en plein vol, une forme étrange habite silencieusement l'atmosphère.Lisez plus}