Gani Odutokun

Onye na-ihe na- Naijiria(1946-1995)
Gani odutokun
Mmádu
ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria, Ghana Dezie
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya9 Ọgọọst 1946 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụGhana Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya16 Febụwarị 1995 Dezie
ihe kpatara ọnwụtraffic collision Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee, pidgin Naịjirịa Dezie
Ọrụ ọ na-arụonye ese, academic Dezie
ụdị ọrụ yaart of painting Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọMahadum Ahmadu Bello Dezie
ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okikeỌrụ nwebiisinka chekwara Dezie

  

Gani Odutokun (August 9, 1946 - February 16, 1995) bụ onye na-ese ihe n'oge ọgbara ọhụrụ a na Naijiria nke a maara maka onyinye ya na ịzụlite ndị na-ese ihe na Zaria art society. Ọrụ ya gụnyere mgbidi murals, eserese na eserese mkpuchi akwụkwọ.[1]

Mmalite ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ dezie

A mụrụ Odutokun na Nsawan, Ghana site na nne na nna Naijiria nke agbụrụ Yoruba[2][3] bụ ndị sitere na Offa, Kwara Steeti na ndị na-azụ ahịa koko.[4] Ọ nọrọ n'oge ọ bụ nwata na-etolite na mpaghara Ashanti mana nna ya mechara kwaga Naịjirịa mgbe ọ dara mbà n'ahịa koko. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye odeakwụkwọ na Nigerian Breweries mana site n'aka ndị enyi ya hụrụ talent ya, o tinyere akwụkwọ ma nweta nnabata na Mahadum Ahmadu Bello, Zaria na 1972. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na kọleji ebe o nwetara nzere bachelọ na nzere masta na Fine Arts na 1975 na 1979.[5] Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị nzere bachelọ ya, ọ sonyeere ngalaba Fine Arts nke ABU dị ka onye enyemaka gụsịrị akwụkwọ.

Ọrụ dezie

A maara ihe osise Odutokun maka inyocha ọdịdị ndụ. Ihe osise ya na-enyocha echiche nkà ihe ọmụma banyere "ihe mberede na imewe," iberibe na "ịdị n'otu na-adabaghị adaba", ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ya na-agbalịkwa ịma atụmanya ọdịda anyanwụ nke nka Afrịka aka.[6] Mgbe ụfọdụ, Odutokun gụnyere nkọwa ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ọrụ ya. N'afọ 1988, eserese ya, The King Shares a Joke with his Generals, na-earutu aka n'echiche efu nke nnwere onwe Babangida[7][8]

Ọnwụ dezie

Odutokun nwụrụ mgbe ọ na-alọta n'ihe ngosi nke sochiri nzukọ ọmụmụ ihe emere na Goethe Institute na Lagos. O so na ndị omenkà anọ nwụrụ n'ihe mberede ụgbọala. N'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 1995, Time No Boundaries, ihe ngosi e mere nke nwere ihe osise sitere n'aka ọtụtụ ndị na-ese ihe site na mpaghara ugwu Naịjirịa na Maison de France, Alfred Rewane road na nsọpụrụ Odutokun. N'afọ 2008, e mere ihe ngosi nka ncheta nke Nigerian Gallery of Art iji kwanyere ihe osise Odutokun ùgwù na Aina Onabolu complex nke National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

Ndetu dezie

  1. Ekpo Udo Udoma. No More Boundaries
  2. A.H.C. Chiegboka. The Humanities and Nigeria's Democratic Experience. NAU Library. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. 
  3. Osa Egonwa (1994). African art: a contemporary source book. Osasu Publishers. ISBN 9789783231290. 
  4. ART-NIGERIA: Gani Odutokun Retrospective Hailed in London
  5. Edewor U. Nelson (2015). Gani Odutokun’s Dialogue with Mona Lisa: Interrogating Implications of Euro-African Interface. International Journal of Arts and Humanities. IJAH 4(1), S/No 13
  6. Ajayi, M. (2005). African arts in the diaspora: An examination of common cultural and plastic essence in the visual arts. p 108
  7. Udoma
  8. Moyosore Benjamin Okediji (2002). African Renaissance: new forms, old images in Yoruba art. University of Colorado Press, 12, 73, 83. ISBN 9780870816819. 

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