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Title
The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Bellorado-Samuels, Joeonna (Author of introduction, etc.)
Smith, Zadie (Contributor)
Raiford, Leigh (Contributor)
Hockley, Rujeko (Contributor)
Lang, Melinda (Contributor)
Lockner, Logan (Contributor)
Musser, Amber Jamilla (Contributor)
Yerebakan, Osman Can (Contributor)
Subject
Odutola, Toyin, 1985-
Femmes artistes noires américaines--États-Unis (RVM)
Dessin américain--21e siècle (RVM)
Art figuratif américain--21e siècle (RVM)
Art--21e siècle (RVM)
Nigérians--Dans l'art (RVM)
Nigérians--Portraits (RVM)
Richesse (RVM)
Homosexualité dans l'art (RVM)
wealth (AAT)
Odutola, Toyin, 1985-
African American women artists (FAST)
Art, Modern (FAST)
Drawing, American (FAST)
Nigerians (FAST)
United States (FAST)
2000-2099 (FAST)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
interviews (AAT)
Art (FAST)
Interviews (FAST)
Pictorial works (FAST)
Illustrated works (LCGFT)
Interviews (LCGFT)
Ouvrages illustrés (RVMGF)
Interviews (RVMGF)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Classification
LCC: NC367.6.N53 O382 2021 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 741.973 full (Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
Content
text
still image
Summary
"This extraordinary illustrated story--Toyin Ojih Odutola's best-known body of work--chronicles the private lives of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families, the UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi, if colonialist and slave-trade interventions had never disrupted the country. Rendered life-size in charcoal, pastel, and pencil, Ojih Odutola's figures appear enigmatic and mysterious, set against the artist's larger conceived narrative, highlighting the malleability of identity and assumptions about race, wealth, and class. The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi presents the story of these families in four chapters illustrated and authored by Ojih Odutola, accompanied by the artist's sketches and notes. Also included are several insightful essays on the artist herself by noted writers and critics Zadie Smith, Leigh Raiford, and others. An introduction to the artist's vivid fictionalized world, as well as a reflection on the role of this body of work within her broader practice, this remarkable volume serves as the essential guide to Ojih Odutola's unique form of storytelling."-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Table Of Contents
Foreword / by Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels
Taking up heirs / by Toyin Ojih Odutola
What would we be like if racism never existed? / by Zadie Smith
A matter of fact
To wander determined
Testing the name
Scenes of exchange
When legends die
Toyin Ojih Odutola : museum of the African Diaspora / by Leigh Raiford
Toyin Ojih Odutola : by her design / by Rujeko Hockley, Melinda Lang
Toyin Ojih Odutola : testing the name / by Logan Lockner
Toyin Ojih Odutola : when legends die / by Amber Jamilla Musser
There is no story that is not true: an interview with Toyin Ojih Odutola / by Osman Can Yerebakan
Studio
Journals
Biography.
Authorized Access Point
The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: preliminary
Identified By: bf:Local, 21966195 bf:Local, 020333658
Change Date: 2024-02-01T14:38:39
Creation Date: 2021-03-31
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: LC Copy Cataloging
Assigner: YDX