Kirk Mangus

Kirk Mangus (1952–2013)  shahararren mai zane ne na yumbu kuma mai sassaka a duniya "wanda aka san shi da salon wasansa na wasa, salon nuna alama, siffofi masu kauri, da kuma gilashin gwaji".  Zane-zanensa, ayyukansa a cikin yumbu, a kan takarda, a cikin itace, da sauran kafofin watsa labarai sun fito ne daga tarin abubuwa masu yawa da bambance-bambancen tasiri: fasahar Girka-Roman ta da, tatsuniyoyi, kwafi na katako na Japan, littattafan barkwanci, labaran jama'a, daga al'adun yumbu na Meso-American zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya da Asiya da kuma mutanen da ya gani, wuraren da ya yi tafiya, da kuma duniyar mafarkinsa. Ya ji daɗin yin gwaji da sabbin hanyoyin sadarwa, kayan gida, jikin yumbu, zamewa, gina murhu da tsarin harbawa.

An haife shi a Sharon, PA, Mangus ya fara son fasaha daga iyayensa waɗanda suka gabatar da shi ga Toshiko Takaezu, sannan a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Cleveland kuma suka tura shi karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta Penland . [1] Kwarin gwiwarsu da ƙarfafa gwiwarsu sun sa ya sami digirinsa na BFA daga Makarantar Zane ta Rhode Island (1975) da kuma MFA daga Jami'ar Jihar Washington, Pullman (1979). Mangus ta ci gaba da zama abokiyar Takaezu a tsawon rayuwarta kuma ta kori aikinta tsawon shekaru a cikin murhunta na Anagama a Pennsylvania da Ohio.

Mangus ya kasance Shugaban Sana'o'in Gine-gine a Jami'ar Kent State daga 1985 har zuwa rasuwarsa a 2013 kuma ya koyar a Makarantar bazara ta Jami'ar Alfred, Cibiyar Fasaha ta Cleveland, da Kwalejin Fasaha ta Cranbrook . Ya yi lacca sosai a faɗin Amurka da ma duniya baki ɗaya.

 Manazarta 
Schaller Gallery

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1952
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2013