Art Archive Featured Artist: Jeanne Bessette

"Zingakhale zankhanza kwa moyo wanga kuti ndisakhale wojambula." — Jeanne Bezet

Kumanani ndi Jeanne Besset. Zonsezi zinayamba ndi crayoni yofiirira ali ndi zaka zinayi. Tsopano akusonkhanitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ntchito zake zimakongoletsa nyumba za olemba otchuka, ophika ndi ochita zisudzo. Njira yapadera ya Jeanne yopita ku chipambano inali kutenga sitepe kuti akhale munthu wamkulu. Zinali zokhuza kukhala woona ku chikhumbo chanu chofotokozera zakukhosi kudzera muzojambula. Anayesa kujambula zithunzi. Anayesa ceramics. Koma chofunika n’chakuti anapitirizabe kuyesetsa, ngakhale atauzidwa kuti “ojambula sangapeze zofunika pa moyo.”

Wojambula amagwiritsa ntchito manja ake kupanga mitundu yolimba komanso mawonekedwe osamveka, ambiri omwe amatsagana ndi mawu olimbikitsa. Amawononga nthawi yake kuthandiza akatswiri ena kuti adziwe zomwe ali zenizeni.

Zhanna adalankhula nafe za njira yake yopangira zinthu ndikugawana malangizo ake opangira bizinesi yomwe imathandizira chidwi chake.

Mukufuna kuwona zambiri za ntchito za Jeanne? Mukamuchezere ku Artwork Archive.

"Ndimadzitcha kuti ndine wojambula molimba mtima, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mtunduwo ndi chinenero changa ndipo ndimagwiritsa ntchito kufotokoza malingaliro anga." — Jeanne Bezet

MUMAGWIRITSA NTCHITO ZINTHU ZAMBIRI KUPANGA NTCHITO YANU, KOMA MWAGWIRITSA NTCHITO MANJA ANU. MUNAYAMBA LITI KUCHITA NDIPO CHIFUKWA CHIYANI MANJA ANU NDI CHIDA INU CHOMAKONDA?

Uwu. Pali chinachake chogwira mtima kwambiri mu luso la kulenga. Ndimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ntchito yanga. Mwanjira ina, kugwiritsa ntchito manja anga kumandimasula ku malamulo. Kujambula zala ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zoyamba zopanga zomwe timayesa tili ana, kotero zimandibweretsanso ku malingaliro ndi mtima wa mwana. Ndikhoza kulenga motere popanda malire. Ndikokwanira kungoyandikira pafupi ndi chiyambi cha zomwe kulenga kwenikweni kuli.

KODI N'CHIFUKWA CHIYANI NKHANI ZANU ZAMBIRI ILI NDI MAWU OKULIMBIKITSA? KODI MUNGASANKHA BWANJI MAWU OGWIRITSA NTCHITO?

Mawu onse ndi anga. Nthawi zambiri amabwera kwa ine ndikajambula, koma osati nthawi zonse. Nthawi zina lingaliro lenileni limabwera poyamba ndikulemba pa bolodi lalikulu mu studio yanga. Mayina amachokera ku ndondomeko yomweyo. Zonse ndi zamatsenga ngakhale muyang'ane bwanji. Zimachokera kwinakwake mkati mwa aliyense wa ife, ndipo monga wojambula ndimangozisefa ndikutanthauzira kwanga. Pamene ndikujambula moyo, mtima, malingaliro ndi ife monga anthu auzimu ndi chirichonse chimene timabweretsa patebulo, ndili ndi kudzoza kosatha.

"Chikondi ndi chosavuta mukayiwala kubisa mtima wanu." - Jeanne Besset.

MWAUZIDWA AKATSWIRI SANGACHITE ZA MOYO WA ART. MWAGONJETSA BWANJI?

Blimey. Palibe malo okwanira mu zokambiranazi kuti ayankhe mu zidutswa zake zonse. Koma mwachidule, popeza ndakhala ndikuchita bwino pazachuma monga wojambula, tsopano ndikuphunzitsanso akatswiri ena kuti nawonso azichita bwino. Chinthu choyamba chimene ndimawauza n’chakuti asiye kulola anthu ena kuwabera maloto awo. Zili ndi ife momwe timasefa zomwe tauzidwa, ndipo ndi udindo wathu monga ojambula kuti tipeze zomwe tiyenera kunena kudziko lapansi. Ndizofunikira.

Ojambula ndi oganiza mwaufulu pakati pa anthu. Ngati tikhala chete, tidzamira ndikukulitsa vuto lomwe latipangitsa kupitirizabe kuganiza kuti sitingathe kudzipangira tokha moyo wokhutiritsa kuyambira pachiyambi.

Kupanga zaluso kuli ngati china chilichonse popanga bizinesi. Ndi za kupanga chinthu champhamvu poyamba, kenako kulowa bizinesi, kuphunzira kuyendetsa bizinesi, kenako ndikubweretsa pamodzi. Ndikudziwa kuti zikumveka zosavuta, koma si, koma ndicho sitepe yoyamba.

KODI MUNAMVA BWANJI PAMODZI NDI MA GALLERIE OMWE NTCHITO YANU IKUSONYEZEDWA, NDIPO MUNAMANGA BWANJI UBALE WAMPHAMVU NDI WABWINO CHONCHO?

Ndili ndi chiphunzitso chonse cha momwe ndingayandikire magalasi, koma kwa ine zinali mndandanda wa zochitika zomwe zinafika pachimake pakupanga ntchito yabwino. Zina mwa zinyumba zanga zinanditsegula . Ndinali pachivundikiro kwa miniti (tsinzini) koma pali sitepe yeniyeni ndi sitepe njira yofikira magalasi ndiyeno onetsetsani kuti mukumvetsa kuti ndizofunika kwambiri.

Anthu amayendetsa magalasi. Anthu amabwera mu masitayelo ndi masitayilo onse. Wojambula ayenera kupeza ndikukulitsa maubale awa. Khalani akatswiri ndi ogwira ntchito. Khalani owona mtima ndi odalirika. Kupanga maubale azithunzi sikusiyana ndi kupanga maubwenzi ena.

ANU NDI WOKOKERA KWAMBIRI, KODI MUNGAPEREKE BWANJI KWA AKATSWIRI OMWE AMAYESA KUONETSA ZOKHUDZA KWAWO KOMANSO INU INU MWA MAWU?

Zikomo! Ndine wamwayi kuti ndine wolankhula bwino, choncho ndikuganiza kuti zimadutsa m'mawu anga osindikizidwa. Ojambula amatanganidwa kwambiri ndi ntchitoyi. Ndizovuta kulankhula za zomwe zili pafupi kwambiri ndi zomwe timazikonda kwambiri. Ndinganene kuti kudziwa kuti ndinu ndani ndi chiyambi chabwino. Anthu amafuna kudziwa chomwe chimalimbikitsa wojambula kusuntha utoto kapena dongo. Iwo amakonda kudziwa zambiri chifukwa timachita zimene iwo akuganiza kuti n’zapadera ndipo ndi mmene zilili. Kufotokozera zomwe mukuchita m'mawu nakonso ndi luso. Ndi luso losiyana kwenikweni. Koma pamapeto pake, kukhala wekha kudzakuthandizani bwino.

M'MAGANIRO ANU NDI CHIYANI CHINALI ZINTHU ZINTHU ZOFUNIKA KUTI TIPEZE KUDZIWA DZIKO LAPANSI?

Ndasonkhanitsidwa m'mayiko asanu ndi limodzi ndipo ndikuganiza kuti alipo oposa asanu ndi limodzi tsopano, koma moona mtima ndasiya kuwerenga. Pazifukwa zazikulu, ndimagwira ntchito molimbika. Ndimagwira ntchito molimbika kwambiri. Ndikugwira ntchito yanga. Ndimagwira ntchito mu bizinesi yanga ndipo ndimagwira ntchito mozama pamoyo wanga wamkati. Zonsezi zimayikidwa mu phukusi lalikulu.  

Linali loto langa ndipo ndinanyamuka kuti likwaniritsidwe. Imagundanso gulu lonselo kwambiri pamalo amenewo. Apanso, izi ndi zomwe ndimaphunzitsa ojambula m'maulendo anga obwerera komanso pakulangizidwa kwanga. Zonse zomwe timachita ndizofunikira. Zili mwatsatanetsatane komanso mikwingwirima yotakata. Sichinthu chanthawi imodzi ndipo ntchitoyi simatha, imangokhala mtundu watsopano wa ntchito pamene tikukula. Zonsezi ndi zofunika.

Kodi mukufuna kuwona ntchito za Jeanne panokha? ulendo.