"Plansone Duty Free Project," Take #2 – Fundación NMAC, Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz Province, Spain

Pascale Marthine Tayou is a Cameroonian artist born in Yaounde, Cameroon in 1967. He began his career as an artist in the 1990’s, and has carried out exhibitions in Cameroon, Germany, France, and Belgium, among others. Formerly known as Pascal Marthin Tayou, he changed his name to Pascale Marthine Tayou in the 1990’s.

Tayou’s work combines various media and seeks to artistically redefine postcolonial culture and raise questions about globalization and modernity. The objects, installations, sculptures, videos, photography and publications that constitute his works are formed by objects from daily life, that have normally already been used, abandoned and rejected by society. When recycling these objects, Pascale Marthine Tayou gives the objects a new life with the aim of reversing the degradation process. He refers to his projects as "collective works," like a total summary of his journeys and the findings and experiences derived from them. "I leave others the possibility to comment. In my opinion art is simply a form of communication."

The Fundación NMAC (the Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo) is a unique space in Spain which explores the space shared by contemporary art and nature. The objective of the NMAC Foundation is to invite international artists to carry out specific artistic projects that are in tune with the landscape. NMAC is a cultural reference in southern Europe also for its educational and cultural programming.