Iké Udé: The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits
إيكي اودي: الجمال الراديكالي لإفريقيا مجسدًا في صور شخصية
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
متحف غوغنهايم
called "Uses of Evidence."
تسمى "استخدامات الدلائل."
to view the interior of the structure.
من رؤية البناء الداخلي للهيكل.
was a collage of Africa and Africans
من أفريقيا والأفارقة
media and literature.
والأدب الغربي.
revealed a sharp contrast:
civilized, domestic images
هادئة، متحضرة وواقعية
fashion designers, etc.
ومصممي أزياء وغيرهم.
images are quite true.
تعتبر حقيقية تماما.
as basically primitive at best,
في أحسن الأحوال،
from the African animals.
I'm afraid, since 1996,
أخشى أنه، منذ عام 1996،
photography practice in 1994,
في عام 1994،
for photography
for us to be photographed
بأن يتم تصويرنا
to dress up in our latest gear,
لارتداء ملابسنا الجديدة،
with self-portraiture,
كانت أول عمل رسمي لي
in the US and Europe
في أمريكا وأوروبا
a part of the school anthologies
جزء من مختارات المدارس
غلاف المجلات
yet profoundly reasonable.
ومع ذلك تبدو معقولة للغاية.
proposed a different way
in a more complex manner.
the "Sartorial Anarchy" series
سلسلة "الفوضى الساخرة"
started in 2010.
بدأت في 2010.
disparate costumes
أزياء مختلفة
countries and time frames.
من بلدان وأطر مختلفة.
irreconcilable differences.
Eton-Oxford College Boat Race,
لكلية إيتون أكسفورد
macaroni headgear from England.
من قبعات الماكروني من إنجلترا.
a British Norfolk jacket,
إنجليزية من نورفولك،
Zulu fighting stick.
زولو جنوب أفريقية.
I began to invest more
بدأت في استثمار المزيد
the vast possibilities of color:
الاحتمالات الواسعة للألوان:
the realm of meaning and logic.
عالم المعنى والمنطق.
after over three decades away
بعد أكثر من ثلاث عقود
of 64 Nollywood personalities.
64 شخصية من نوليوود.
of the industry,
of rising stars.
من النجوم الصاعدة.
a school of African filmmakers
هناك مدرسة لصانعي الأفلام من الأفارقة
of telling African stories.
في قول القصص الأفريقية.
gangster movies to action movies --
ومن أفلام العصابات لأفلام الحركة -
with many layers of complexities.
في مستويات معقدة عديدة.
if you allow, are there --
إذا سمحت، موجودة-
the coquette,
the corrupt politicians,
and the losers, too,
والفاشلين أيضا،
par excellence.
conducts his or her head,
some of the photographs for you.
بعضًا من الصور لكم.
iconic African cultures
الفرعونية الإفريقية الكبرى
ironic, calm grandeur.
والسحرية والعظمة الهادئة.
the grande dame of Nollywood.
السيدة الأعظم في نوليوود.
commands attention.
to the audience.
ظهرها للجمهور.
with a redoubtable gaze.
authoritarian and imperial bearing
وإمبريالي مسكوت عنه
massive Nigerian caftan
الهائل الضخم
to indulge my passion for color,
أشبع شغفي بالألوان،
that emphasizes her curves,
يكشف إنحناءات جسدها،
green velvet bench.
مخملي أخضر.
of the multicolored painted bunting bird.
رونق الطائر متعدد الألوان.
the figure of Belinda within the frame.
شخصية بليندا داخل الإطار.
existence and lifestyle.
وأسلوب الحياة المُنعّم.
pretty much speaks for itself.
يتحدث إلى حد كبيرعن نفسه.
is a Nollywood matinee idol.
هو السحر النوليوودي المعبود.
and organized the portrait.
صممت ونظمت هذا البورتريه.
هي المرحلة الإفريقية الجديدة.
attitude worth catching.
of 64 subjects,
مكونة من 64 بورتريه.
by Rafael's "School of Athens,"
as Rafael's "School of Athens."
"مدرسة أثينا."
a type of modernity
so ubiquitous
in the old "National Geographic" mode
مفهوم ناشونال جيوجرافيك القديم
and see themselves portrayed by Nollywood
ورؤية أنفسهم مصورين في نوليوود
and fantastic complexities,
propagate and perpetuate
and continues to do for the West.
وتستمر في تقديمه للغرب.
beautifying Africa for the world,
الجمال الإفريقي للعالم،
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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