Art Archive Featured Artist: Lawrence W. Lee

Kumanani ndi wojambula kuchokera kumalo osungira zakale. Choyambirira chenicheni, chodziwika bwino ndi zithunzi zake zamatsenga, Lawrence amapaka mafani a zaluso zakumwera chakumadzulo mu studio yake ku Arizona. Chizindikiro chake cholimba, chodziwika nthawi yomweyo sichinachitike mwangozi. Wamalonda wanzeru uyu amamvetsetsa omvera ake ndipo amapita kukakumana ndi zomwe amakonda. Ntchito ya Lawrence ikuwonetsa mitundu ndi mitu ya Kumwera chakumadzulo kwa America muzodabwitsa zake zonse komanso zamatsenga. Njira yanzeru iyi yopangira zojambulajambula yalola Lawrence kuti azipeza ndalama zokhazokha ngati wojambula kuyambira 1979, akugulitsa zojambula zamtengo wapatali zamadola mamiliyoni ambiri.

Magwero osatha a upangiri wamtengo wapatali pantchito yaukadaulo, Lawrence amagawana momwe amapangira luso lomwe ogula amafuna, kaya ndi kufufuza mosamala makasitomala ake kapena kusintha kalembedwe kake pamene msika ukusintha.

Mukufuna kuwona zambiri za ntchito za Lawrence W. Lee? Pitani ku izo.

1. ZITHUNZI ZA SHAMANS NDI ZITHUNZI ZOMWE ZAKUM'SELA-KUMWAMUKA KWA AMERICA M'NTCHITO Zanu. KODI MUMACHITA KUCHOKERA KUCHOKERA KUTI NDIKO KODI MALO MUNAKHALA AKUKHUDZA BWANJI MAKHALIDWE ANU?

Ndakhala nthawi yambiri ya moyo wanga ku Tucson, Arizona. Ndinasamukira kuno ndili ndi zaka 10 ndipo ndinapita ku koleji ku yunivesite ya Northern Arizona. Kumeneko ndinadziŵako pang’ono ponena za chikhalidwe cha Chinavajo ndi Hopi. Pamene ndinali wophunzira womaliza maphunziro, mnzanga yemwe ndinkagona naye anali Hopi yemwe anabadwira ku Second Mesa ndipo anali adakali ndi mkazi ndi mwana. Nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi, iye ndi ine tinakwera galimoto yake yakale ndi kudutsa m’zigwa za Northern Arizona m’maola a chifunga m’bandakucha kudutsa malo amatsenga kwambiri. Mkazi wake anali wokoma mtima kundiuza nkhani zamwambo wa Ahopi, monga nkhani ya Kangaude yemwe ankaphunzitsa anthu kuluka nsalu. Sindikudziwa ngati chimenecho chinali chifukwa chomwe ndikuchita, koma sindidzaiwala malingaliro omwe adandidutsa pamene tikuyenda m'misewu yachipululu iyi yokhala ndi zofiirira patali, ngati mtundu woyamba wagolide. wa dzuwa. anayamba kuwononga malo athu. Chithunzicho ndi cholimba kwambiri kotero kuti chakhala ndi ine kwa zaka zambiri.

Nditangoyamba kusonyeza luso langa, ndinkajambula zithunzi za anthu. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndikuchita zinthu zazikulu, koma anthu pa ziwonetsero za zojambulajambula anati, "N'chifukwa chiyani ndikufuna kuti munthu yemwe sindikumudziwa azipachika pakhoma langa?" Momwe ndimatsutsira, sindinathe kugulitsa penti. Ndikukumbukira - kupyola mumdima wazaka zambiri - kuti ndinali pabalaza langa ndikudandaula za zinthu zomvetsa chisoni izi ndikuyang'ana chithunzithunzi cha mkazi yemwe ndinapeza kuchokera kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale. Ndinali kum'mwera chakumadzulo, kotero ndinaganiza kuwonjezera kumwera chakumadzulo kwa chithunzichi. Ndidayika cholembera m'tsitsi lake ndikuchibwezera chojambulacho kuchipinda chosungiramo zinthu zakale. Kugulitsidwa mu sabata. Phunziro kuchokera ku chochitika ichi chinali chakuti mwachiwonekere - nditangowonjezera chinachake monga Amwenye a ku America - chithunzicho chinakhala chofunikira. Ndinazindikira kuti anthu omwe amabwera ku Tucson, kaya akuyendera kapena akukhala, ali ndi zambiri zokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha ku America. Ndinayenera kupanga chosankha tsopano popeza ndapeza kuti ndikhoza kusandutsa chithunzi chosafunidwa kukhala mbali ya chikhalidwe chachikondi chomwe anthu angatengere kunyumba. Ndinayenera kuvomereza ngati ndikufuna kutsatira njira imeneyi kapena ayi, ndipo ndinaona kuti n’koyenera. Powonjezera nthenga, mikanda, ndi mikanda ya m’khosi, ndinkatha kujambula zithunzi za anthu amene ndinkafuna kuwajambula, ndipo zinkaoneka ngati zotsika mtengo. Zipangizo zidawongolera ziwerengero zomwe ndidapanga ndipo zidakhala gawo lofunikira pamalingaliro anga okhudza ziwerengerozo, osati njira yongowonjezera mawonedwe. Ndakhala ndikupeza ndalama zambiri kuyambira 1979 ndipo ndagulitsa zojambula zamtengo wapatali za madola mamiliyoni ambiri.

2. NTCHITO ZANU ZABWINO NDI ZOSANGALATSA PAKATI PA ZOONA NDI KUGWIRITSA NTCHITO. CHIFUKWA CHIYANI MUMASIKIRANI ZINTHU NDIPO MUNAZINDIKIRA BWANJI MASITILIRO ANU OSIYANA?

Ndinapita ku koleji m’zaka za m’ma 1960, ndipo m’ma 1960, ngati mukukonzekera digiri ya Bachelor of Fine Arts, mumayembekezeredwa kuchita ntchito yachidule kapena yosakhala ndi zolinga. Ntchito yophiphiritsayo inkaonedwa ngati yakale, sinali yamakono mokwanira. Zonse zomwe zimayenera kunenedwa ponena za thupi la munthu zinali zitanenedwa kale ndipo zinalibe kanthu. Ndidachoka m'moyo monga wina aliyense, koma sindinagwire ntchito iliyonse yophiphiritsa chifukwa ndimanyozedwa m'kalasi osapeza digiri yanga. Koma nditangomaliza maphunziro, ndinalandira ntchito yochokera kwa woyang’anira laibulale wamkulu wa yunivesite ya Northern Arizona yojambula zithunzi zisanu ndi chimodzi za laibulale yatsopano imene inali kumangidwa. Ndinali nditangomaliza kumene maphunziro anga a Bachelor of Arts ndipo sindinadandaule za kukondweretsa pulofesayo, choncho ndinaganiza zopanga zithunzi zophiphiritsira mosasamala kutengera ndakatulo ya Coleridge ya Kubla Khan.

Icho chinali chiyambi, ndipo ine ndikuganiza ine nthawizonse ndakhala ndi chikhalidwe chododometsa. Pamene zaka zinkadutsa, ziwerengerozo zinayambanso moyo wawo. Mwamapangidwe, iwo asanduka ziwerengero zosatheka za anatomically, zomwe ndimatcha pafupifupi anthu. Posachedwa ndakhala ndi mwayi wowona zina zomwe ndidachita ku koleji komanso nditangomaliza maphunziro. Ndinadabwa kuona tinthu tating'ono tozungulira, tinthuvu, tozungulira, tinthu tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono kapena totambalala. Sindinadziwe kuti malingaliro awa anali kulowa m'malingaliro anga aluso zaka zonse zapitazo. Sindinadziŵe kuti ndinali kuimba nyimbo imodzimodzi nthawi yonseyi, ndikungowonjezera mawu atsopano ndi mavesi atsopano.

3. KODI NDI CHIYANI CHAPANSI MU STUDIO YANU KAPENA NTCHITO YAKULENGA?

Nthawi zambiri zimanenedwa kuti mzere wofunika kwambiri pajambula ndi mzere woyamba, chifukwa china chirichonse chikugwirizana nacho. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito kamtengo kakang'ono ka makala amphesa. Mpesa susanduka phulusa, koma umasanduka nkhuni ya makala ukatenthedwa, ngati palibe mpweya wokwanira woyaka kwathunthu. Ndinagwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zina koma ndinayamba kugwiritsa ntchito izi ku koleji. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito kupanga mzere woyamba mpaka kumapeto kwa kujambula. Ngati wina abwera usiku n’kuba makala anga a mpesa, sindingathe kujambula chithunzi china. Ichi ndi chida chomwe ndimachidziwa bwino. Mukamagwiritsa ntchito chinthu kwazaka zambiri, chimakhala chowonjezera nokha.

Zinthu zikasintha, monga pamene opanga zinsalu amasintha ogulitsa thonje, kapena akatambasula chinsalu mosiyana kapena kugwiritsa ntchito choyambira chatsopano, zimanditengera masabata kuti ndisinthe ndipo nthawi zina sindingathe. Nthawi zina ndimayenera kuyika mchenga kapena kuwonjezera pulasitiki. Kwa zaka zambiri ndakhala ndikugwiritsa ntchito burashi, nambala ndi kalembedwe komweko kuti ndisaine dzina langa pazojambula zanga. Kunali kutambasula dzanja langa. Nditayambanso kujambula nditapuma pantchito, sindinapezenso maburashi amenewo. Ndakhala ndikupenta kwa zaka ziwiri tsopano ndipo zimandivutabe kulemba dzina langa chifukwa burashi silinafanane. Zimandipangitsa misala. Ndimajambulanso - pogwiritsa ntchito burashi youma yomwe imasiya mtundu wa e-pang'ono m'zigwa za kuluka. Uku ndi kukolopadi, ndipo mukatsuka ndi burashi, mumataya tanthauzo. Amatopa. Maburashi omwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndi abwino kwa ine. Ndikadayamba ndi maburashi akuloza, sindikadatha kuchita zomwe ndimachita.

4. MUMATUMIKIRA ONSE ONSE AMENE AKUKHALA NDI OGULIRA ZINTHU ZONSE. KODI ZINAKHUDZA BWANJI NTCHITO YANU NDIPO MUNALOWA BWANJI MU PUBLIC ART?

Kupatukana kwa anthu ndi zachinsinsi pa webusaiti yanga ndi mapangidwe omwe ndinaganiza kuti ndigwiritse ntchito miyezi ingapo yapitayo, ngakhale kuti mabungwe ndi malonda akhala akugula ntchito yanga kwa zaka zambiri. IBM idagula zidutswa zanga zisanu ndi chimodzi pakati mpaka kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Mabungwe ambiri ndi malo opezeka anthu ambiri agula. Ogula amayenera kukhala olimba mtima kwambiri chifukwa zojambula zanga ndizambiri komanso zotsutsana. Ndinaphunzira ku koleji kuti simuyenera kuika zolemba zanu kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zakuda. Koma ndinayenera kunyalanyaza malamulowo kuti ndithe kuchita zomwe zinali m’mutu mwanga – zolengedwa zolimbanazi. M'zaka za m'ma 1970, pamene ntchito yanga inkayamba, kasitomala wanga wamkulu anali opulupudza, olemera kwambiri, komanso okonda kwambiri omanga nyumba kumwera chakumadzulo. Nthawi zambiri amagula zojambula zanga ndikuyika zamphamvu kwambiri patebulo lawo kuti awonjezere mphamvu zawo ndikuwopseza aliyense yemwe anali kutsogolo kwa tebulo. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1980, panali vuto la kusunga ndalama ndi ngongole, monga mavuto akubanki amene tangokumana nawo kumene. Anthu ankasewera mofulumira komanso mosasamala ndi malamulo. Mwadzidzidzi, opanga mamiliyoni ambiriwa anali opanda ndalama ndipo akuthamangira ku Dipatimenti Yachilungamo.

Mwadzidzidzi, malonda anga anatsala pang'ono kutha. Koma ndinadziwa kuti ndalamazo sizinapite kulikonse: wina anali nazo. Ndipo ndinaganiza kuti tsopano ziyenera kukhala m'manja mwa maloya omanga. Choncho ndinaganizira zimene maloya amafuna m’maofesi awo. Adzafuna chinachake chomwe chimayang'ana tsogolo labwino komanso kukhazikika kwakukulu. Ndinayesetsa kukhutiritsa chikhumbo changa cha maloya ndikusintha manambala anga. Ndinazijambula kuchokera kumbuyo. Ndikhoza kutero chifukwa mitundu yonse ya miyambo ya ku India imaphatikizapo zovala zabwino kwambiri. Iwo anali kuyembekezera chinachake, ndipo icho chinayenera kukhala tsogolo lowala. Nditangochita zimenezo, zojambula zanga zinayambanso kugulitsa. Patatha zaka zingapo ndipo anthu ambiri atafunsa, ndinapezanso manambala anga.

5. N'CHIFUKWA CHIYANI MUNAYAMBA KUPENTHA MALO NDIKUKHALABE NDI MOYO PAMBUYO PA ANTHU OPENDERA OPANDA OPANDA PEnti?

Zojambula zanga ndizamphamvu kwambiri ndipo pafupifupi onse amakumana ndi maso. Nthawi zambiri, anthu sakhulupirira kuti ndi oyenera malo a anthu onse, kotero kwa nthawi yoyamba mu zaka 40, ndikuchitanso malo. Ndinazindikira mbali zina za ine ndekha zomwe ndimayenera kuziletsa pamene ndikupitiriza ntchito. Ndiyenera kutsimikizira anthu kuti palibe vuto kukonda Lawrence Lee, yemwe si m'mwenye wodziwika bwino wa shamanistic quasi-American. Kuyambira 1985 ndakhala wojambula komanso membala wagulu lachinsinsi la Mountain Oyster Club. Idakhazikitsidwa mu 1948 ndi gulu la osewera olemera a polo omwe adaganiza kuti afunika kukhala ndi malo awoawo. Iwo ankakonda zojambulajambula za kum'mwera chakumadzulo, makamaka luso la cowboy. Anayambitsa ziwonetsero zapachaka kuti apeze ndalama, ndipo zidakhala zopambana kwambiri kotero kuti zidakopa akatswiri ojambula ndi anyamata oweta ng'ombe a Kumwera chakumadzulo. Ngati mulibe ntchito pa MO, simunali kanthu.

M'zaka za m'ma 1980, ambiri mwa mamembala oyambitsa adachoka kapena anamwalira, ndipo mnyamata mmodzi anali kusankha yemwe angatenge nawo chiwonetserochi. Munayenera kulowa m'mawonekedwe a munthu uyu kuti akuyitaneni ndikubwera ku studio yanu. Panthawi imeneyi, iye adzapanga chisankho chomaliza. Ali ndi chiwonetsero chapachaka chomwe chidakali chabwino kwambiri koma makamaka ntchito ya ng'ombe. Koma ntchito yanga nthawi zonse imakhala yayikulu komanso yodabwitsa kwambiri. Sindinamvetse chifukwa chake anaganiza zondilola kuti ndilowe. Choncho chaka chino ndinaganiza zochitira zinthu zapadera kwambiri kwa anthu amene amapita ku MoD chaka chilichonse. Zinandipangitsa kuganiza za nsapato ndi ma spurs. Ndiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito luso langa pankhaniyi. M'magawo onsewa, ndimatenga kagawo kakang'ono kamitundu yayikulu. Ndikhoza kuyang'ana pansi pa nsapato, chipwirikiti, kapena mbali ya spur ya chishalo chifukwa ndikuganiza choncho. Nthawi zambiri ndimayesetsa kuphatikizira kusagwirizana kwachidziwitso pantchito yanga, monga kuwira kapena gulugufe, ndipo sindimadziwa zomwe zichitike. Kulowa m'gawoli kunali chisankho cha bizinesi ndipo ndinabadwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chakuti, kumapeto kwa ntchito yanga, ndimatha kujambula zithunzi zabwino zomwe sizinali za shamanism.

6. ART ANU AMASONKHA PADZIKO LONSE M'MALO MONGA JAPAN, CHINA NDI KU ULAYA ONSE. MWACHITA NTCHITO CHIYANI KUTI WOGULITSA ZA ART KUNJA KWA IFESO NDIPO KUDZIWA DZIKO LAPANSI?

Mokulira, sindinasowe kuchitapo kanthu kunja kwa Tucson kuti ndichite izi, chifukwa awa ndi malo a apaulendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi pawokha. Arizona ili ndi Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, ndi Old Pueblo. Anthu amabwera kuno kuchokera padziko lonse lapansi ndipo akufuna kutenga matsenga kunyumba, kotero luso langa ndilabwino. Ndimapeza kuchokera m'magalasi kapena abwenzi a anzanga kuti wosonkhanitsa wakunja ali ndi imodzi mwa ntchito zanga. Wina anganene kuti: "Mwa njira, nyumbayi ikutumiza imodzi mwa ntchito zanu kwa munthu ku Shanghai." Kumlingo waukulu, zimenezo n’zimene zinachitika. Ndinali ndiwonetsero ndekha ku Paris, koma ngakhale izi zinali chifukwa chakuti wojambula mafashoni wochokera ku Paris yemwe anali patchuthi ku Tucson analumikizana nane chifukwa ankafuna kusonyeza ntchito yanga kumeneko.

7. MWAPITA KU ZAMBIRI ZOGWIRITSA NTCHITO ZOSONYEZA ZAZIKULU. MUKUKONZERA BWANJI ZOCHITIKA IZI KOMANSO NDI MALANGIZO OTI MUKUPATSA AKATSWIRI ENA?

Chinthu chimodzi chimene akatswiri ambiri samvetsa n’chakuti anthu nthawi zambiri amafuna kugula zojambulajambula zomwe zizikhala nawo m’nyumba zawo. M'madera kunja kwa New York, Los Angeles, Brussels, ndi zina zotero, ngati mukupanga chidutswa cha luso lapamwamba lomwe liri mawu a kugawanika kwaumunthu koyimiridwa ndi nyongolotsi zamtundu wa rubberized thovu zoimitsidwa padenga pamwamba pa maiwe a ana odzazidwa ndi khofi wotsekemera. , mwina simungapeze munthu woti agulire nyumba yawo. Muyenera kumvetsetsa kuti ngati mukufuna kukhala ndi moyo pochita zinthu zamtunduwu, muyenera kusamukira mumzinda womwe umavomereza zaluso zamtunduwu. Langizo langa: yang'anani luso lanu ngati kuti ndinu ogula. Mukachita zimenezi, mudzatha kumvetsa zinthu zambiri.

Zaka zapitazo ndinali kuwonetsa ku San Francisco ndipo sindinathe kugulitsa kalikonse. Ndinavutika maganizo mpaka ndinaganizira zimenezi ndipo ndinafufuza bwinobwino. Ndinapeza kuti m’nyumba zambiri za anthu amene akanatha kugula ntchito yanga, makomawo anali aang’ono kwambiri. Ndikadakhala ku San Francisco, ndikadadziwa izi mwachibadwa. Ngati ndimakhala m'nyumba yakale ya nsanjika zitatu ya Victorian pafupi ndi Union Square, ndi zinthu zotani zomwe ndingakonde kuziyika pamakoma anga? Ku Tucson, anthu ambiri amafuna zinthu za Southwestern flair pamakoma awo, pokhapokha atabadwira ndikukulira ku Boston ndipo akufuna kubweretsa mabwato awo. Ndikofunikira kudziwa malo omwe anthu ofuna kugula amakhala. Ngati ndinu wogula, mungakonde kudziwa chiyani za wojambulayo? Ngati muli ndi mafunso okhudza wojambula, ogula anu adzakhala ndi mafunso omwewo okhudza inu. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, chitani zonse zomwe mungathe kuti mudziwe zomwe makasitomala anu akufuna ndikuyesera kuwapatsa.

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