J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere

Onye na-ese foto Naijiria (1930-2014)
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
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ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya10 Jụn 1930 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụNaijiria Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya2 Febụwarị 2014, 2014 Dezie
Ebe ọ nwụrụLagos Dezie
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Johnson Donatus Aihumekeokhai Ojeikere (1930 - 2 Febụwarị 2014), nke a maara dị ka J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, bụ onye na-ese foto na Naijiria nke a maara maka ọrụ ya na ntutu isi pụrụ iche a na-ahụ na Naịjirịa.[1]

Akụkọ ndụ

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A mụrụ Ojeikere n'ụbọchị nke ịrị n'ọnwa Juun n'afọ 1930 na Ovbiomu-Emai, Owan East, Edo Steeti, ime obodo dị na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Naịjirịa. Na mgbakwunye na olumba Emai, Ojeikere na-asụ Yoruba na Bekee. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ ma biri na Ketu, Nigeria. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri abụọ, ọ malitere ịse foto, nke dị egwu na Naịjirịa, ọkachasị ndị nọ n'obodo ya. Igwefoto enweghị mkpa dị elu ma bụrụ nke ndị mmadụ na-achọghi n'ihi na a na-ewere ha dị ka okomoko. Otú ọ dị, na 1950 Enugu, Ojeikere zụtara igwefoto Brownie D na-enweghị ọkụ maka pound abụọ, ma mee ka enyi ya kụziere ya ihe ndị bụ isi gbasara ise foto.[2][3] Ojeikere nwetara ozi gbasara Ministry for Information na Ibadan na 1951, nke ọ ga-edegara ha otu akwụkwọ ozi ahụ kwa ụbọchị iri na ise ruo afọ abụọ.[4] Na ngwụcha afọ 1953, ha mechara zaghachi na ha natara arịrịọ Ojeikere, ọ dọtara uche ha.[4]

Ojeikere malitere dị ka onye enyemaka n'afọ 1954 na Ministry of Information na Ibadan. N'afọ 1959, ọ malitere ịrụsi ọrụ ike na ọrụ ọkachamara ya na Ibadan ma kpebie na oge eruola ịlụ nwanyị. Tupu Ojeikere ahapụ obodo Ogute-Emai, ọ họọrọ nwunye ya, Ikegbua. Ozugbo ọ tozuru afọ 1959, ha kwụrụ ụgwọ ahụ ma mee emume alụmdi na nwunye ọdịnala n'obodo ha. N'afọ sochirinụ, ha nabatara nwa ha nwoke mbụ. Mgbe e mesịrị, ha gara n'ihu mụọ ụmụ ise ma bụrụ Ndị Kraịst Katọlik.[4] Mgbe Naịjirịa nwetachara nnwere onwe ya n'afọ 1960, Ojeikere chụrụ ọrụ mbụ ya dị ka onye na-ese foto. N'afọ 1961, ọ ghọrọ onye na-ese foto na studio, n'okpuru Steve Rhodes, maka Television House Ibadan . Site na 1963 ruo 1975 Ojeikere rụrụ ọrụ na mgbasa ozi na West Africa Publicity na Lagos. N'afọ 1967, a kpọrọ ya ka ọ sonye na Nigerian Arts Council . N'afọ 1968, ọ malitere otu n'ime ọrụ ya kachasị ukwuu ka ọ na-edekọ ụdị ntutu isi Naịjirịa. Nke a bụ akara ngosi nke ọrụ ya ma o bipụtara ihe dị ka otu puku foto nke ntutu isi ụmụ nwanyị Afrịka dị iche iche.[2] N'afọ 1975, mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ afọ iri na abụọ, ebe Ojeikere bụ onye isi na-ese foto azụmahịa, a kagburu ọrụ ya. Ọ hapụrụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na ọbá akwụkwọ foto magburu onwe ya nke ka a na-eji na-enye ya ohere ịhazi azụmahịa nke ya site n'enyemaka nke onye ọ bụla nọ na Lagos Island, na-emeghe ụlọ ọrụ akpọrọ “Foto Ojeikere.”[4]

Na mmemme mbụ nke Nigeria Photography Award (NIPHA), nke ụlọ ọrụ multimedia Fullhouse Entertainment chikọbara ma mee na Sọnde, 31 Julaị 2011, Ojeikere bụ otu n'ime ndị na-ese foto ama ama na Naijiria, ya na Sunmi Smart-Cole, Don Barber, na Amos Olarenwaju Osidele, bụ ndị e nyere ihe nrite maka ndụ.[5]

E tinyere nnukwu nhọrọ nke ọrụ Ojeikere na ngalaba arsenale nke 55th Venice Biennale d'arte, "Il Palazzo Enciclopedia" nke Massimiliano Gioni haziri na 2013.[6]

Ojeikere nwụrụ na 2 Febụwarị 2014, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri asatọ na atọ. Ọ bụ isiokwu nke ihe nkiri Tam Fiofori nke akpọrọ J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Master Photographer .[7][8]

Ihe Nketa

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Mgbe Ojeikere nwụrụ, ọ hapụrụ ebe nchekwa nke ihe karịrị foto 10,000 nke obodo ya bụ Naịjirịa.[9]

Ihe mkpuchi foto ya na-egosi otú e si ahụ ụdị ntutu isi dị ka nka, ọdịbendị, ihe onwunwe, na usoro mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ akụkụ nke oge ọgbara ọhụrụ nke Afrịka. N'ikwu otú, na okwu a na-eji maka ọtụtụ n'ime ụdị ntutu isi o dere bụ “Onile-Gogoro” okwu Yoruba nke pụtara “guzo ogologo” nke e ji na-ezo aka n’ụlọ ndị nwere ọtụtụ okpukpu na-epulite n’obodo ndị dị na Naijiria ma bụrụ ihe a ma ama site na egwu nke kọwara asụsụ na mmegharị mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya nke afọ 1960. Ọzọkwa, utu aha nke foto Ojeikere na-abụkarị ihe nkịtị.[10]

A maara Ojeikere nke ọma maka foto ojii na-acha ọcha nke ụdị ntutu isi Naịjirịa nke ọ malitere ịse foto na 1950s, nke e gosipụtara na 2013 Venice Biennale . N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, dị ka otu n'ime ndị mbụ na-ese foto na Naịjirịa, ebe ọ dịrị ndụ site na 1930 site na nnwere onwe nke mba ahụ na 1960, ọchịchị aka ike nke ndị agha, na ndụ obodo na obodo, echiche ya sara mbara karịa ejiji.[10] Ojeikere nwetakwara profaịlụ mba ụwa n'oge ndụ ya, na foto ya ugbu a na nchịkọta site na Metropolitan Museum of Art ruo Tate Modern. Mgbe ọ nwụrụ, Giulia Paoletti na Ngalaba nka nke Africa, Oceania, na America na Metropolitan Museum of Art dere, sị: "A na-amata okwu ya ozugbo: enweghị azụ ma ọ bụ ihe eji eme ihe, ụmụ nwanyị mara mma, coiffures mara mma, ọkụ dị nro, mbipụta ojii na-acha ọcha. N'aka Ojeikere, foto ghọrọ ụzọ isi dekọọ ihe okike na-agafe agafe nke gosipụtara ndụ mmekọrịta na ọdịbendị Naịjirịa. "[9]

Medina Dugger, onye na-ese foto na Lagos na onye na-enwe mmasị na ọrụ Ojeikere kwuru okwu a: "Tupu ọchịchị Britain, ụdị ntutu isi ọdịnala bụ ụkpụrụ ma dị iche iche dịka agbụrụ, ọnọdụ mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, ọnọdụ alụmdi na nwunye, na ihe omume pụrụ iche."  Dugger bu ụzọ gaa obodo kachasị ukwuu na Naịjirịa n'afọ 2011 site n'iwu nke otu nwa klas ya bụ onye guzobere ememme LagosPhoto. Ọ bụ n'ebe ahụ ka ọ zutere foto Ojeikere - "Hairstyles" ya mere ka e mepụta Dugger's "Chroma: An Ode to J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere", usoro foto ndị nwere obi ike, nke nwere agba na-egosi mmelite ọgbara ọhụrụ, nke nwere ọtụtụ agba nke ụdị ntutu isi gosipụtara na ọrụ Ojeikere.[11]

Mbipụta

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  • J.D.'Okhai Ojeikere: Foto. Zürich: Scalo, 2000. Edited by Andre Magnin. .

Ndekọ

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  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: 1 mbipụta (dị ka nke August 2020)[12]
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York: 3 abụọ nke mbipụta (dị ka nke August 2020)[13]
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: mbipụta (dịka nke August 2020)[14]
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas: mbipụta iri na atọ (dịka nke August 2020)[15]

Ihe ngosi

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Ngosipụta o mere naanị ya

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  • 1995: Ihe ngosi mbụ nke Ojeikere na Naịjirịa yana ihe ngosi na Switzerland (ọrụ mbụ e gosipụtara na mpụga obodo ya)
  • 2000: J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France[16]
  • 2001: J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Hairstyles 1968 - 1999, MAMCO Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2005: Hairstyles: JD ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Blaffer Art Museum nke Mahadum Houston, Texas, USA[17]
  • 2009: Hairdos and Parties: African Typographies by J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere and Malick Sidibé, L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York[18]
  • 2010: Sartorial Moments, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria[19]
  • 2011: J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Moments of Beauty, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria[20]
  • 2011: J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Moments of Beauty, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland[21]
  • 2014: J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Hairstyles and Headdresses, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London, UK[22]

Ihe ngosi otu

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  • 2000: Africa: Past-Present, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp[23]
  • 2001: Face Off, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels[24]
  • 2002: Collection in Context - Recent Photography Acquisitions, The Studio Museum na Harlem, New York, USA[25]
  • 2003: Ihe ndị pụtara ìhè site na nchịkọta nke Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris: William Eggleston, Beat Streuli, Bill Viola, Vik Muniz, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Pierrick sorin, Bildmuseet Umea Universitett, Umea, Sweden
  • 2004: Joy of Life - ndị na-ese foto abụọ si Africa: Seydou Keita, JD ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan[26]
  • 2004: Nous Remontons de la "Calle" Toutes les Photographies!, Galerie du Jour Agnés B., Paris, France
  • 2004: La collection d'art contemporain d'Agnès b. Je m'installe aux Abattoirs, Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France[27]
  • 2005: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, MFAH Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX, USA[28]
  • 2006: 100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain[29]
  • 2006: About Africa Part One: Seydou Keita, Malick Sidbé, Jean-Dominque Burton, Jürgen Schadeberg, J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium.[30]
  • 2006: Some Tribes, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland[31]
  • 2008: Head Room, Mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
  • 2009: Chance Encounters, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai[32]
  • 2009: 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Teatro Fernan Gomez, PHotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain (catalogue )
  • 2009: 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Museo D’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy (catalogue )
  • 2009: J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere na Malick Sidibe: Hairdos and Parties- African Typologies, L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, USA
  • 2010: 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain (catalogue )
  • 2010: 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands (catalogue )
  • 2010: A Midsummer Gallery Soirée, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • 2010: AIPAD - The Photography Show, L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA[33]
  • 2010: National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • 2011: Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection, Tate Modern, London, England
  • 2012: Africa/Africa, Abbaya St. André, Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac, Meymac, France[34]
  • 2013: Voyage Retour - Federal Government Press, Broad Street, Lagos, Lagos Island, Nigeria[35]
  • 2013: The Encyclopedic Palace nke Massimiliano Gioni haziri, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy[36]
  • 2014: Back to Front, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Seattle, USA[37]
  • 2014: Ici l'Afrique, Château de Penthes, Pregny-Chambésy, France[38]
  • 2015: Making Africa - A Continent of Contemporary Design, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany[39]
  • 2016: Banyere Africa: Contemporary Art na Afro-Futurism, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel[40]
  • 2020: Site na Lens Africa: Foto ndị dị n'okpuru Sahara site na Nchịkọta Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas[41]

Ebensidee

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  1. "JD 'Okhai Ojeikere: Nigeria's top photographer dies", BBC News Online, 4 February 2014. Retrieved on 4 February 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pigozzi. J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere Biography. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved on 5 May 2013.
  3. Ojeikere (2000). J.D. Okhai Ojeikere. Scalo. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Magnin (2000). J.D. 'Ohkai Ojeikere / Photographs. ISBN 3-908247-30-6. 
  5. Anderson (2017). African Photographer J.A. Green: Reimagining the Indigenous and the Colonial (African Expressive Cultures), 350. ISBN 978-0253028952. 
  6. Evelyne Politanoff, "Lavish Hairstyles by J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere", The Huffington Post Arts & Culture, 18 June 2013.
  7. Lauren Said-Moorhouse, "'A love letter to Nigeria': The master photographer who captured nation's life", African Voices, CNN, 13 October 2014.
  8. "Film Screening: J.D Ojeikere, The Master Photographer", African Artists' Foundation, March 2016.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Meier (September 11, 2014). Finding More than Fashion in the Legacy of Nigerian Photographer J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere. Hyperallergic.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Ntombela (April 16, 2018). Untitled (Ife Bronze). Phillips Collection.
  11. Fequiere (2019-10-27). The Enduring Influence of Photographer J.D. Okhai Ojeikere (en). Garage. Retrieved on 2021-11-13.
  12. J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere. The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved on 2020-08-12.
  13. J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere. The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved on 2020-08-12.
  14. 2 results for "J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved on 2020-08-12.
  15. "J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
  16. Fondation Cartier
  17. Blaffer Art Museum. Archived from the original on 2020-05-14. Retrieved on 2022-06-08.
  18. L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
  19. "JD 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday. 1st October – 30th November 2010", CCA Lagos.
  20. "JD 'Okhai Ojeikere: Moments of Beauty. 15th April – 27th November 2011".CCA Lagos.
  21. "Moments of Beauty", Kiasma Magazine, No. 48, Vol. 14.
  22. "J.D. Okhai Ojeikere: Hairstyles and Headdresses", Hayward Touring, Southbank Centre – New Art Exchange, Nottingham (27 September 2014 – 11 January 2015).
  23. Gallery 51
  24. Aeroplastics Previous. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved on 2022-06-08.
  25. Undo.net
  26. Hara Museum. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved on 19 June 2017.
  27. "La collection d'art contemporain d'Agnès b. Je m'installe aux Abattoirs", Les Abattoirs (9 April–13 June 2004).
  28. "African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection", MFAH Archives.
  29. "100% AFRICA", Guggenheim Bilbao (12 October 2006–February 2007).
  30. "About Africa : PART ONE. Malick Sidibe, Seydou Keita, J.D.Ojeikere, Jean Dominique Burton, Jurgen Schadeberg", Gallery 51.
  31. "Some Tribes", Christophe Guye Galerie (3 July 2006 – 31 August 2006).
  32. Sakshi Gallery
  33. "AIPAD – The Photography Show", L. Parker Stephenson Photographs (17–21 March 2010).
  34. "Africa", Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (18 March–17 June 2012).
  35. Museum Folkwang. Archived from the original on 2013-11-22. Retrieved on 2022-06-08.
  36. La Biennale di Venezia
  37. "Back to Front, J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere and Malick Sidibe", Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.
  38. "Ici l'Afrique", Château de Penthes (8 May–6 July 2014).
  39. "Making Africa - A Continent of Contemporary Design", Vitra Design Museum.
  40. "Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism", Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
  41. Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved on 2020-06-14.

Njikọ mpụga

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  • J.D. Okhai Ojeikere na African American Visual Artists Database site na Internet Archive