Iké Udé: The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits
伊凱烏德: 以肖像呈現非洲的激進之美
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."
叫做《證據的使用》。
to view the interior of the structure.
was a collage of Africa and Africans
和非洲人的拼貼,
media and literature.
和文獻中描述的形象。
revealed a sharp contrast:
civilized, domestic images
文明的、家庭的影像,
fashion designers, etc.
images are quite true.
as basically primitive at best,
頂多像原始人那樣,
from the African animals.
I'm afraid, since 1996,
做了這作品之後,
photography practice in 1994,
for photography
for us to be photographed
to dress up in our latest gear,
兄弟姐妹們可以穿上
with self-portraiture,
是我的第一件大作,
in the US and Europe
a part of the school anthologies
學校選集的一部分,
yet profoundly reasonable.
卻又非常合理的圖像。
proposed a different way
一種不同的方式,
in a more complex manner.
將非洲人描繪出來。
the "Sartorial Anarchy" series
《男裝無秩序》系列
started in 2010.
目前還在進行當中。
disparate costumes
結合了迥然不同的服裝,
countries and time frames.
傳統、國家,以及時期。
irreconcilable differences.
Eton-Oxford College Boat Race,
macaroni headgear from England.
從英格蘭來的通心麵髮飾。
a British Norfolk jacket,
Zulu fighting stick.
南非祖魯的打鬥用木棍。
I began to invest more
我便開始投資更多
the vast possibilities of color:
the realm of meaning and logic.
之外的無限空間。
after over three decades away
奈及利亞的拉哥斯,
of 64 Nollywood personalities.
of the industry,
of rising stars.
a school of African filmmakers
of telling African stories.
gangster movies to action movies --
黑幫片,到動作片——
with many layers of complexities.
有著多層次的複雜度。
if you allow, are there --
稱為「Naija」的原型全都在,
the coquette,
the corrupt politicians,
and the losers, too,
par excellence.
conducts his or her head,
some of the photographs for you.
iconic African cultures
有代表性的非洲文化,
ironic, calm grandeur.
諷刺、平靜的華麗。
the grande dame of Nollywood.
commands attention.
to the audience.
with a redoubtable gaze.
敬畏的凝視看著我們。
authoritarian and imperial bearing
一種不言而喻的
massive Nigerian caftan
長袖奈及利亞服飾
to indulge my passion for color,
讓我能滿足對顏色的熱情,
that emphasizes her curves,
藍色禮服,強調她的曲線,
green velvet bench.
of the multicolored painted bunting bird.
the figure of Belinda within the frame.
貝琳達和整個畫面能夠很和諧。
existence and lifestyle.
pretty much speaks for itself.
無需說明就不言自喻。
is a Nollywood matinee idol.
奈萊塢的日場表演偶像。
and organized the portrait.
attitude worth catching.
很值得去捕捉。
of 64 subjects,
by Rafael's "School of Athens,"
as Rafael's "School of Athens."
《雅典學院》完全一樣。
a type of modernity
so ubiquitous
in the old "National Geographic" mode
老式的「國家地理頻道」模式
and see themselves portrayed by Nollywood
並看見奈萊塢用多樣化
and fantastic complexities,
propagate and perpetuate
and continues to do for the West.
一直都在為西方這麼做。
幾乎是一種禁忌。
以優美、穿乾洗過的衣服、
做過頭髮的方式呈現。
beautifying Africa for the world,
將非洲美化給這個世界看,
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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