Iké Udé: The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits
Ике Удэ: Исконная красота Африки в портретах
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."
«Использование доказательств».
to view the interior of the structure.
внутреннюю часть конструкции.
was a collage of Africa and Africans
с фотографиями Африки и африканцев
media and literature.
западные СМИ и литература.
revealed a sharp contrast:
резкий контраст —
civilized, domestic images
цивилизованные, домашние фотографии
fashion designers, etc.
images are quite true.
изображения довольно правдивы.
as basically primitive at best,
африканцев как примитивных
from the African animals.
от африканских животных.
I'm afraid, since 1996,
изменилось с 1996 года,
photography practice in 1994,
фотографией в 1994 году,
for photography
for us to be photographed
приглашали фотографа
to dress up in our latest gear,
возможностью нарядиться в новые вещи,
with self-portraiture,
с автопортретами,
моей первой крупной работой,
in the US and Europe
в США и Европе,
a part of the school anthologies
в учебные антологии
yet profoundly reasonable.
но очень рациональных образов.
proposed a different way
предложила иной,
in a more complex manner.
изображения африканцев.
the "Sartorial Anarchy" series
серия «Анархия стилей»
started in 2010.
disparate costumes
абсолютно разных костюмов
countries and time frames.
irreconcilable differences.
неразрешимыми противоречиями.
Eton-Oxford College Boat Race,
лодок в Итонском колледже,
macaroni headgear from England.
головными уборами XVIII века.
a British Norfolk jacket,
британская куртка с поясом,
Zulu fighting stick.
южноафриканский боевой посох Зулу.
в одном образе.
I began to invest more
уделять больше внимания
the vast possibilities of color:
огромные возможности цвета:
the realm of meaning and logic.
за пределами смысла и логики.
after over three decades away
чем 30-летнего отсутствия.
of 64 Nollywood personalities.
64 знаменитостей Нолливуда.
of the industry,
как текущее состояние отрасли,
of rising stars.
a school of African filmmakers
африканской киноиндустрии,
of telling African stories.
подходит к изображению Африки.
gangster movies to action movies --
гангстерские фильмы и боевики —
with many layers of complexities.
глубоко и многослойно.
if you allow, are there --
или «найджа», архетипы:
the coquette,
the corrupt politicians,
and the losers, too,
общества и неудачников.
par excellence.
conducts his or her head,
some of the photographs for you.
iconic African cultures
африканские культуры фараонов
ironic, calm grandeur.
ироничным и спокойным великолепием.
the grande dame of Nollywood.
знатная дама Нолливуда.
commands attention.
приковывает внимание.
to the audience.
with a redoubtable gaze.
внушает уважение и восхищение.
authoritarian and imperial bearing
авторитарность и царственность,
при первой встрече с ним.
massive Nigerian caftan
нигерийскому кафтану
to indulge my passion for color,
своё пристрастие к ярким цветам.
that emphasizes her curves,
подчёркивающем фигуру,
green velvet bench.
зелёным бархатом банкетке.
of the multicolored painted bunting bird.
расписного овсянкового кардинала.
the figure of Belinda within the frame.
с образом Белинды в кадре.
existence and lifestyle.
pretty much speaks for itself.
is a Nollywood matinee idol.
из дневных шоу Нолливуда.
and organized the portrait.
когда создавал его портрет.
новый этап для Африки.
attitude worth catching.
который не помешал бы нам всем.
of 64 subjects,
by Rafael's "School of Athens,"
as Rafael's "School of Athens."
как «Афинская школа» Рафаэля.
a type of modernity
so ubiquitous
in the old "National Geographic" mode
в стиле снимков из «National Geographic»
and see themselves portrayed by Nollywood
видеть себя представленными в Нолливуде
and fantastic complexities,
и замысловатой красе,
propagate and perpetuate
распространять и поддерживать
and continues to do for the West.
и продолжает делать на Западе.
табуированный приём —
в современном контексте,
beautifying Africa for the world,
образа Африки в глазах других стран,
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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