• About
  • News
  • Friends
  • Applications
  • Contacts
SHOP
  • London
    • Home
    • Exhibitors
    • Artists
    • Press
    • Forum
    • Special Projects
    • VIP Portal
    • What’s On
    • Partners
    • Archive
  • New York
    • Home
    • Artists
    • Exhibitors
    • 1-54 Forum
    • Partners
    • What’s On
    • Special Projects
    • VIP Portal
    • Press
    • Archive
  • Marrakech
    • Home
    • Exhibitors
    • Artists
    • Press
    • Archive
    • VIP Portal
    • WHAT’S ON
    • Partners
    • Special Projects
  • Paris
    • Home
    • Artists
    • Exhibitors
    • Forum
    • What’s On
    • VIP Portal
    • Press
    • Partners
    • Archive
  • Artists
  • Exhibitors
  • 1-54 Forum
  • Partners
  • What’s On
  • Special Projects
  • VIP Portal
  • Press
  • Archive
Menu

Clay Apenouvon

Born in 1970, Lomé, Togo. Lives and works in Lomé; Aubervilliers, France; and Mantes-la-jolie, France

Clay Apenouvon, Danses Plastiques series, 2015, Plastic pressed onto plastic, 52 x 44 cm / 20.47 x 17.32 in, Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim Gallery 

Clay Apenouvon explores the possibilities of materials such as cardboard – as a material that is widely available and provides heavy-duty support, yet contains a certain fragility. For Apenouvon, cardboard has a metonymic quality and is frequently used within his work to respond to ideas of use and material value. Further explored is packing: from the ubiquitous use of cardboard in transport and global distribution, to the phenomenon of vacuum-packing. Another material of interest for Apenouvon is plastic. Having been influenced by the work of Steve McPherson and Pascale Marthine Tayou, he produced Plastic Attack in 2010. Designed to embody the ‘fatal beauty’ of its materiality, the work raises awareness of the dangers that plastic poses to the environment on a global scale.

Apenouvon has previously performed and exhibited in Europe and the US. More recently, an installation work of his, Film noir de Lampedusa (2015), was included in the exhibition Visibles / Invisibles: l’Afrique urbaine et ses marges at Fondation Blachère in Apt, France in 2015.

Selected Artists

Salifou Lindou

Kpé Innocent

Joël Bigaignon

DuduBloom More

Ryan Cosbert

Didier Viodé

Bertina Lopes

Thandiwe Muriu

Artists 2022

  • A

    • Abi Salami
    • Alshaikh Idrees
    • Audrey Lyall
  • B

    • Bashaer Hawsawi
    • Bertina Lopes
    • Boluwatife Oyediran
    • Bre Andy
  • C

    • Chinaedu Nwadibia
    • Cosmo Whyte
    • Cristiano Mangovo
    • Crystal Yayra Anthony
  • D

    • David Uzochukwu
    • Demarco Mosby
    • Didier Viodé
    • Dindga McCannon
    • DuduBloom More
  • E

    • Elias Mung’ora
    • Everlyn Nicodemus
  • F

    • Fahamu Pecou
  • H

    • Hend Adnan
  • I

    • Ibrahim El Dessouki
  • J

    • Jess Atieno
    • Jewel Ham
    • Joël Bigaignon
    • Johanna Mirabel
    • Johnson Ocheja
  • K

    • King Houndekpinkou
    • Kpé Innocent
  • L

    • Leila Rose Fanner
    • Lewinale Havette
    • Lord Ohene
    • Ludovic Nkoth
  • M

    • Michael Reese
    • Morgan Mahape
    • Moshekwa Langa
    • Moustapha Baidi Oumarou
  • N

    • Nicolas Coleman
  • P

    • Preston Sampson
    • Prince Gyasi
  • R

    • Renee Cox
    • Roméo Mivekannin
    • Ryan Cosbert
  • S

    • Salifou Lindou
    • Sanaa Gateja
    • Senzeni Marasela
  • T

    • taylor barnes
    • Thandiwe Muriu
  • W

    • WonderBuhle Mbambo
  • Y

    • Yoan Sorin
  • Z

    • Zéh Palito

Sign up to our Newsletter

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Instagram
  • Artsy
Buy limited edition bags
Privacy Policy

Sign up to our Newsletter