Iké Udé: The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits
اکه اوده: زیبایی خیرهکننده آفریقا، در پرتره مردمانش
The work of Nigerian-born Iké Udé explores a world of dualities: photographer/performance artist, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Full bio
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by the Guggenheim Museum
called "Uses of Evidence."
را اجرا کنم.
to view the interior of the structure.
was a collage of Africa and Africans
کلاژی بود از آفریقا و آفریقاییها
media and literature.
و ادبیات غربی نشان داده میشود.
revealed a sharp contrast:
تضادی شدید را نمایان میساخت:
civilized, domestic images
زندگی آرام و متمدن داخلی
fashion designers, etc.
تا طراح مد و غیره.
images are quite true.
خارج مکعب کاملا درستاند.
as basically primitive at best,
بهترین حالت، بسیار اولیه تصویر میکنند،
from the African animals.
قابل تشخیص نیستند.
I'm afraid, since 1996,
photography practice in 1994,
for photography
for us to be photographed
to dress up in our latest gear,
تا تازهترین لباسهایی را بپوشند،
with self-portraiture,
در گرفتن خودنگاره،
اولین کار عمده من بود.
in the US and Europe
از این کار استقبال خوبی کردند
a part of the school anthologies
yet profoundly reasonable.
همزمان کاملا منطقی، بازسازی کنم.
proposed a different way
in a more complex manner.
به شکل پیچیدهتری ارائه شوند.
the "Sartorial Anarchy" series
started in 2010.
که در سال ۲۰۱۰ آغاز شد.
disparate costumes
countries and time frames.
کنار هم گذاشتم،
irreconcilable differences.
Eton-Oxford College Boat Race,
درهم آمیختم،
از برخورد فرهنگها.
macaroni headgear from England.
در قرن هجدهم انگلیس الهام گرفته بود.
a British Norfolk jacket,
کت نورفولک انگلیسی،
Zulu fighting stick.
از آفریقای جنوبی.
I began to invest more
شروع کردم به سرمایهگذاری بیشتر
the vast possibilities of color:
the realm of meaning and logic.
ورای مرزهای مفهموم و منطق.
after over three decades away
به لاگوس در نیجریه بازگشتم
of 64 Nollywood personalities.
عکس گرفتم.
of the industry,
of rising stars.
a school of African filmmakers
of telling African stories.
مسئول روایت داستانهای آفریقاییست.
gangster movies to action movies --
ترسناک، تبهکاری و حادثهای،
with many layers of complexities.
به نمایش گذاشته میشوند.
if you allow, are there --
انواع تیپهای «نایجا» دیده میشوند،
the coquette,
the corrupt politicians,
و سیاستمداران فاسد گرفته،
and the losers, too,
و ناموفقها هم بودند،
par excellence.
را کارگردانی میکنم،
conducts his or her head,
some of the photographs for you.
را برایتان شرح دهم.
iconic African cultures
آفریقایی- فرعونی آوردهام،
ironic, calm grandeur.
طناز و آرام نشان دهم.
the grande dame of Nollywood.
commands attention.
to the audience.
with a redoubtable gaze.
authoritarian and imperial bearing
از او ساطع میشود.
massive Nigerian caftan
to indulge my passion for color,
تا در اشتیاقم به رنگ افراط کنم،
that emphasizes her curves,
که برجستگیهای بدنش را نمایان میکند،
green velvet bench.
را هم در کار آوردهام،
of the multicolored painted bunting bird.
زردپره را باز آفرینم.
the figure of Belinda within the frame.
در این فریم مهیا شده است.
existence and lifestyle.
pretty much speaks for itself.
گویای این امر است.
is a Nollywood matinee idol.
and organized the portrait.
و سازماندهی این پرتره داشتم.
attitude worth catching.
که ارزش واگرفتن را دارد.
of 64 subjects,
by Rafael's "School of Athens,"
as Rafael's "School of Athens."
a type of modernity
so ubiquitous
in the old "National Geographic" mode
به سبک نشریه «نشنال جغرافی»
and see themselves portrayed by Nollywood
شاهد به تصویر کشیده شدن خود توسط نالیوود
and fantastic complexities,
propagate and perpetuate
and continues to do for the West.
و همچنان ادامه میدهد.
چارچوب مدرن نشان داده شوند--
و موهای تزئین شده.
beautifying Africa for the world,
آفریقا برای جهان است،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Iké Udé - ArtistThe work of Nigerian-born Iké Udé explores a world of dualities: photographer/performance artist, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art.
Why you should listen
Iké Udé's ongoing photographic self-portrait series, "Sartorial Anarchy," showa him dressed in varied costumes across geography and time. As a Nigerian-born, New York–based artist, conversant with the world of fashion and celebrity, Udé gives conceptual aspects of performance and representation a new vitality, melding his own theatrical selves and multiple personae with his art. Udé plays with the ambiguities of the marketplace and art world, particularly in his seminal art, culture and fashion magazine, aRUDE and recently his style blog, theCHIC INDEX.
Udé is the author of Beyond Decorum (MIT Press, 2000), which accompanied a traveling exhibition of his photography, and Style File: The World’s Most Elegantly Dressed (2008), a remarkable volume that profiles 55 arbiters of style, including Isabel and Ruben Toledo, Victoire de Castellane, André Leon Talley, Dita Von Teese, Ute Lemper, Lapo Elkann and many others. His work is in the permanent collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Smithsonian Museum of Art and in many private collections. The esteemed online auction house, Artsy, ranked him -- along with Rembrandt, van Gogh, Warhol -- among the top 10 "Masters of the Self-Portrait." He has made the coveted Vanity Fair magazine's International Best Dressed List in 2009, 2012 and 2015.
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