Mary T. Smith
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
| aha enyere | Mary |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Smith |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1904 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Brookhaven |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 19 Jụn 1995 |
| Ebe ọ nwụrụ | Hazlehurst |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye ese, omenkà |
| agbụrụ | Ndi Afrika nke Amerika |
| ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okike | Ọrụ nwebiisinka chekwara |
| omenkà faịlụ na | Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library |
Mary Tillman Smith (1904-1995), bụ ónyé na-ese ihe n'onwe ya nke South America nké bírí ma rụọ ọrụ na Mississippi ọtụtụ ógè ndụ ya. O mepụtara ihe osise siri ike, mara mma, na nke na-egosipụta ihe, na-ejikarị ihe osise ụlọ na osisi ma ọ bụ tin. Ọrụ ya nwere ihe osise dị iche iche na agba siri ike, mgbè mgbè na-enwe ntụpọ na akara na-eme ka ọ dị ndụ, n'akụkụ mgbe ụfọdụ ederede na-adịghị ahụkebe nke a na-etinye na monochrome dị iche iche. A na-egosi ọrụ ya n'ụwa niile ma na-anakọta ya na ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie, nke a ma ama site na Metropolitan Museum of Art, yana ọtụtụ ebe ngosi ihe ochie ndị ọzọ gụnyere High Museum of Art na Atlanta; de Young Museum of Art dị na San Francisco; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Milwaukee Art Museum; Birmingham Museum of Art; na Smithsonian American Art Museum; yana nchịkọta nke Mahadum Tufts, Mahadum Willamette, na Mahadum Mississippi.[1][2] Ọ natala ihe ngosi onwe ya na gallery na United States na Europe, a gụnyekwara ya n'ọtụtụ ihe ngosi otu. A na-ewere ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe na Southern, otu nke gụnyere Thornton Dial na Nellie Mae Rowe. Onye nlekọta na ónyé nchịkọta William Arnett kwalitere ọrụ ya nke ukwuu.
Ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Smith bụ nwá nwanyị nke ndị na-ekere òkè.[3] Smith bụ nwa nke atọ n'ime ụmụ iri na atọ ma na nwata nwéré nnukwu nsogbu ịnụ ihe.[4] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na klas nke ise, n'agbanyeghị ikewapụ onwe ya na owu ọmụma nkwarụ ya kpatara ya.[5] N'oge ọ bụ nwata, Smith "chọtara ụzọ isi na-ese ihe".[4]
Smith lụrụ di ugboro abụọ, otu ugboro n'alụmdi na nwunye dị mkpirikpi na Gus Williams na 1922 na John Smith n'oge ụfọdụ n'afọ ndị 1930.[4][3] Alụmdi na nwunye ya nke abụọ dịkwa mkpụmkpụ, na-agwụ mgbe Smith hụrụ na njedebe afọ nke di ya na-arụ ọrụ ugbo dị mkpụmbi.[3][4] Mkpesa ya banyere njehie ahụ, ihe karịrị otu puku dollar, mèrè ka John Smith "iziga ya".[4] Smith wee kwaga Hazelhurst, Mississippi, ibi n'onwe ya. N'afọ 1941, ọ mụrụ nwa ya nwoke, Sheridan L. Major, ọ bụ ezie na ọ lụghị nna ya.[4] Smith rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-elekọta ubi ma rụọ ọrụ ụlọ ndị ọzọ ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na 1970s.[6]
N'afọ 1985, Smith nwere ọrịa strok nke méré ka okwu ya na ide ihe ghara ịdị mma. Ọ belatara ọsọ iji mepụta naanị ọrụ abụọ n'otu ụbọchị mgbè ọ dara ọrịa strok.[6] Ka mmepụta ọrụ ya na-ebelata, Smith nwetara ego ole na ole, ọ kwụsịrị ise ihe na 1991.[7] Ọ nwụrụ na 1995.[4]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Smith malitere ise ihe na ngwụcha afọ 1970. Ọ gbanwere ụlọ ya na ogige ya, ebe dị ihe dịka otu acre, n'ime ebe dị n'èzí nke "ụdị ọha na eze nke akụkọ ndụ onwé ime mmụọ".[6] Ọrụ ya na-egosipụta ihe na nke onwé ya gosipụtara echiche ndị nọ n'uche ya ruo ọtụtụ afọ.[4] Ozugbo Smith jikọtara ya na ndị na-anakọta ihe osise, ọ gbalịrị ịgbaso ihe achọrọ.[3]
A na-emekarị ọrụ Smith na ihe ndị dị mfe, dị ka plywood, tin corrugated na akụkụ ndị ọzọ a rụgharịrị arụgharị.[3] N'ọrụ mbụ ya, ọ na-ejikarị naanị otu ma ọ bụ abụọ agba nke ágbá. Ihe oyiyi ya "na-echetara ihe nkpuchi ememe West Africa" na ọtụtụ n'ime ha bụ ihe atụ.[6] E jirila nka ya tụnyere ndị na-ese ihe dịka Jean-Michel Basquiat.[8] Ọrụ ya bụkwa nke onwe ya. Otu n'ime isiokwu kachasị amasị ya bụ ise foto nke ezinụlọ, ndị enyị na ndị agbata obi.[4] Ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya gosipụtara ndị mmadụ na-eweli aka ha elu, onyinyo jikọtara ya na ecstasy ma ọ bụ nghọta ime mmụọ.
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Williams. "The Met Embraces Neglected Southern Artists", The New Yorker, December 4, 2014. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Mary T. Smith. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Crawford (May 30, 2014). Smith, Mary Tillman. MSGen Web. USGen Web. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Arnett (1995). Her Name is Someone. Souls Grown Deep. Souls Grown Deep Foundation. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Wehnert. Self Portrait by Mary T. Smith. Intuitive Eye. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 (1993) in Maresca: American Self-Taught. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 220–225. ISBN 0394582128.
- ↑ Gordon. Mary T. Smith. Gordon Gallery. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Mary Tillman Smith: Mississippi Shouting (fr). Paris Art (January 2013). Archived from the original on March 1, 2015. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
