Basil Watson

Onye na-akpụ ihe

Basil Watson, OJ CD (amụrụ n'afọ 1958), bụ onye na-ese ihe na Jamaica.

Basil Watson na 2021
Watson na National Windrush MonumentIhe Ncheta Mba Windrush

Ọ bụ nwa nwoke onye na-ese ihe Barrington Watson, na nwanne onye ọkpụ akpụ Raymond Watson. A kwanyere ya ugwu site na Order of Distinction, Commander Class, na 2016, n'ịkwado ọrụ nka ya..[1]

Watson dechara ihe akpụrụ akpụ akpọrọ "Balance" na Nọvemba 2006, nke etinyere na Dr's Cave Bathing Club na Montego Bay, iji sọpụrụ otu narị afọ nke klọb ahụ. Iji gosi nkwekọ dị n'etiti nwoke na nwanyị, ihe ọkpụkpụ a bụ nke nwoke gba ọtọ guzoro ọtọ, otu ogwe aka gbatịpụrụ n'isi ya, na nwanyị gba ọtọ tụgharịrị na-edozi n'otu aka, aka ya na-akwado site n'aka nwoke ahụ weliri elu. Na mkpokọta, ọ dị kubit iri na ise n'ogologo.[1][2]

N'ọnwa Disemba nke otu afọ ahụ, ọ rụchara ihe oyiyi nke onye na-agba ọsọ Merlene Ottey, nke etinyere na Jamaica's National Stadium. Ihe a kpụrụ akpụ nke ọla nchara, nke dị mita asatọ n'ogologo ma dị narị pound asaa n'arọ, na-egosi Ottey na-agba ọsọ na-eji aka nri ya ruo n'eluigwe.[1] Praịm Minista P. J. Patterson duziri nraranye nke ihe oyiyi ahụ. [1][3]

A gbakwunyere ọrụ ọzọ nke Watson na National Stadium na Nọvemba 2009, mgbe Praịm Minista Bruce Golding kpughere ihe ọkpụkpụ ya nke onye na-agba ọsọ Herb McKenley. Watson kọwara ọrụ ahụ dị ka "nkwanye ùgwù" na "ihe ùgwù", na-ekwu maka nkwanye ùgwù o ji McKenley kpọrọ ihe.[1] O kwuru na mgbe ọ na-emepụta ọrụ ahụ, o si n'ọtụtụ ihe oyiyi McKenley mepụtara n'oge dị iche iche na ndụ ya, iji dozie ọdịiche dị n'etiti ihe McKenley rụzuru n'oge ọ bụ nwata na aha ya a ma ama n'oge agadi ya.[1][4]

E gosipụtara ọrụ nke Basil Watson na nwa ya nwoke Kai, onye na-ese ihe, na New York na ngosi nke ise kwa afọ "Art Off the Main" n'ọnwa Ọktoba 2008, nke Savacou Gallery kwadoro.

Na Disemba ahụ, agbakwunyere Watson na ndepụta nke ndị na-ese ihe a kpọrọ ka ha nye ọrụ maka National Gallery of Jamaica's National Biennial exhibition.

A họpụtara ya n'ime ndị ikpeazụ anọ iji mepụta United Kingdom's National Windrush Monument, nke a kpughere na London Waterloo Station na June 2022. [5][6]

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  1. "Outstanding Jamaicans Honoured at King's House", Jamaica Information Service, 18 October 2005.
  2. Housen, Claudine. "'Balance' on the Beach Templeeti:Webarchive", The Jamaica Gleaner, 26 November 2006.
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  5. Basil Watson chosen to design national Windrush Monument (en). GOV.UK. Retrieved on 2022-05-02.
  6. The perfect storm: Basil Watson creates the National Windrush Monument | Art UK (en). artuk.org (2022-06-22). Retrieved on 2022-06-25.