Massa Lemu
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
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Massa Lemu bụ onye na-ese ihe na onye edemede si Malawi nke na-arụ ọrụ na eserese, eserese, na arụmọrụ na ọrụ echiche dabeere na ederede. Ọ na-akọwa nka ya dị ka "ntinye aka na nkọwa nke ebe mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya anyị niile bi na ya".[1]

Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ

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A mụrụ Massa Lemu n'afọ 1979 na Blantyre . Mmetụta mbụ ya na nka bụ nwanne nna ya nwụrụ anwụ, David Zuze, onye na-ese ihe dị ka ihe ntụrụndụ; Lemu na-ele nwanne nna ya na-ese foto.[2]

Lemu nwetara nzere bachelọ nke agụmakwụkwọ (nke nwere isi na Fine Arts) na Mahadum Malawi n'afọ 2003 na Master of Arts in Painting na Savannah College of Art and Design (USA) n'afọ 2009.[2]

Ọrụ

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Ihe osise Lemu gụnyere njikọta nke ihe okike, nke mmadụ mere, na nke e chepụtara echepụta dị ka akụkụ nke ịza ajụjụ banyere okwu.[3] Ọrụ arụmọrụ ya gụnyere iji akụkụ okporo ámá na saịtị ndị ọzọ ndị na-enweghị akwụkwọ na-ejikarị, dịka akụkụ nke ọrụ gbasara ịkwaga.[4]

Lemu egosila ọrụ ya na ebe ngosi dị na mba Malawi nakwa mba United States. A tụlere ọrụ ya n'akwụkwọ gụnyere Texphrastic, Cite (Houston, Texas), Reflections (Blantyre, Malawi) na akwụkwọ Steve Chimombo akpọrọ Aids, Artists and Authors (Zomba, Malawi).

Ọ kụziri ihe ọmụmụ na mahadum gụnyere Mahadum Virginia Commonwealth na Richmond, Virginia, na Mahadum[5] Rice na Houston, Texas.[6]

Lemu bụ Core Critical Studies Fellow na Glassell School of Art na Museum of Fine Arts, Houston site n'afọ 2010 ruo n'afọ 2012, ebe ọ na-eme nchọpụta ma dee banyere nka Africa nke oge a. Lemu mere nnyocha na biopolitics nke ndị otu nka Africa nke oge a dị ka nwa akwụkwọ PhD na Mahadum Stellenbosch.

Ihe ngosi

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Ihe ngosi ndị a họọrọ

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2013: PRECARIOT (Lawndale Arts Center, Houston)

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PRECARIOT bụ onyinyo onwe onye nke onye na-ese ihe dị ka onye na-agagharị na kọntinent na-enweghị nsogbu mgbe niile.[7] Precariat bụ okwu nke jikọtara okwu ahụ na-akọwa ụdị ndị ọrụ na ndị ọkachamara na-akwaga mba ọzọ na-ebi ma na-arụ ọrụ n'ụzọ na-adịghị mma, na-arụ obere ọrụ nwa oge, na-enweghị olu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ma na-enwekwu nkụda mmụọ maka ọnọdụ ndụ na ọrụ ha. Lemu na-ekwu na akụkụ mgbanwe ya dọtara mmasị ya, na-anabata akara ahụ ma na-ewere ya dị ka aha ya. Maka Lemu, onye hụrụ mba n'anya ochie ahụ dị mpako, ma dị njikere ịnwụ maka ala nna ya, ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ naanị ihe onwunwe ya bụ ala na-adịghị akwụsi ike na nke a na-amaghị ama nke enweghị ntụkwasị obi, na-ekwu na ọ na-eme ihe na ala a a na-ejighị n'aka. PRECARIOT na-elekwasị anya na usoro nyocha na nyocha, akara na akara iji mee ka eziokwu nke ịkwaga pụta ìhè.[8]

2012: Njem maka ndị na-enweghị akwụkwọ (Rice University, Houston)

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Dị ka Lemu si kwuo, Passages for the Undocumented malitere ihe karịrị otu afọ gara aga na nzaghachi maka nsogbu bara uru ọtụtụ ndị na-ese ihe na-eche enweghị ohere iji gosipụta nka ya ihu.[9] N'ịbụ onye ndị panhandlers ọ zutere kpaliri, Lemu malitere iṅomi usoro ha, na-ede okwu nke ya na akara katọn ma na-eguzo na nkuku okporo ámá gburugburu Houston. Okwu mmeghe ahụ na-elekwasị anya na ahụmịhe Lemu dị ka onye na-ese ihe na-akwaga mba ọzọ n'ime nkwupụta ndị na-ejikọta ọrụ nka echiche na mgbanwe ọdịbendị.[10]

Azụ na Masks na Wheelchairs (Malawian Embassy, Washington DC)

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Na Stranded Fishes and Masks on Wheelchairs, ihe osise ndị dị na ngosi ahụ jiri ihe oyiyi Gule Wamkulu nke ndị Chewa nke Malawi dị ka ebe ọpụpụ iji kwuo maka ọtụtụ isiokwu dịka itinye na mwepu, mkpebi siri ike na ntachi obi. Ihe ngosi ahụ gụnyekwara foto ndị na-eji onyinyo azụ ahụ, chambo karịsịa, iji kwuo maka ịkwaga, mmetọ, na mmetọ. A kpaliri onye na-ese ihe iji onyinyo azụ ahụ mee ihe dị ka ihe atụ maka ịkwaga na mmetọ mgbe ọ hụrụ azụ Tilapia nke East Africa na mmiri mmiri na-emetọ emetọ nke Houston n'afọ 2010.[11]

  • Scourge a bụkwa Mask (French Cultural Center, Blantyre)
  • Ndị agha mbụ (Capital Hotel, Lilongwe)
  • Multiple Suns (French Cultural Center, Blantyre)

Ihe ngosi ndị a họọrọ

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  • Do It. A Hans Ulrich Obrist Collaboration (Houston)
  • Ngwá Ọrụ Enyemaka Mbụ (Mahadum Rice, Houston)
  • Site na oghere ndị ọzọ (Dallas)
  • Dallas Biennale (Dallas)
  • Houston Art Fair, (Houston)
  • Ihe onwunwe; Nhọrọ sitere na Core 2011 (Dallas)
  • Ebe A Na-atụle N'Ezi Ihe (Savannah)
  • 404/912, ọrụ echiche nke ndị na-ese ihe si Atlanta na Savannah (Atlanta)

Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara

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Dị ka onye edemede, e bipụtara Lemu na ndị a:

  • 2016: Egwuregwu na onye amụma na Samson Kambalu's Holyballs, Holyballism na (Bookworm) The Fall of Man, Stedelijk Studies[12]
  • 2014: For the Ranter the Whole World bụ Playground C& online magazine http://www.contemporaryand.com
  • 2013: Gịnị Akụkụ nke Ịhụnanya bụ Ụwa Nile? Magazin C&
  • 2013: Nkwurịta okwu; Ọganihu nke Ịhụnanya The Menil Collection na Pulitzer Foundation, http://www.theprogressoflove.com
  • 2012: Danfo, Molue na ahụmịhe Afropolitan na Emeka Ogboh Azụ ụda 2011-2012
  • CORE Catalogue Museum of Fine Art, Houston

Hụkwa

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  • Kay Chiromo

Ebensidee

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  1. Petry (17 September 2013). Artist Profile: Massa Lemu and the Panhandler Pieces. Huffington Post. Retrieved on 25 March 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Scott (2018-11-29). A Satirical Masquerade: The Art of Massa Lemu (en-US). RVA Mag. Retrieved on 2021-02-10.
  3. Mankad (7 June 2012). Massa Lemu on Bayou-Fish Cyborgs. OffCite Blog. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved on 2021-02-09.
  4. Jolivet Mccloud (2012-11-07). Brochure for Those in Flight...Massa Lemu (en-US). Glasstire. Retrieved on 2021-02-10.
  5. Sangala. "Massa Lemu scales great heights in arts", The Times Group, July 26, 2019. Retrieved on February 10, 2021.
  6. Mankad (June 7, 2012). Massa Lemu on Bayou-Fish Cyborgs | Rice Design Alliance. Rice Design Alliance. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved on 2021-02-11.
  7. Precariot, Massa Lemu. Lawndale Art Center (10 May 2013). Retrieved on 23 March 2015.
  8. Archived copy. Lawndale Art Centre. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved on 1 June 2015.
  9. Sandhu (17 April 2013). Poetic Terrorism / Switch Your Gestalt: Massa Lemu at Rice's Emergency Room Gallery. Textphrastic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved on 23 March 2015.
  10. Venator. Archive copy. Rice University. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved on 1 June 2015.
  11. Embasssy Holds Stranded Fish and Masks on Wheels Art Exhibition. The Embassy of the Republic of Malawi, Washington DC. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved on 1 June 2015.
  12. "Play and the Profane - Stedelijk Studies", Stedelijk Studies. Retrieved on 2018-05-05. (in en-GB)