Luster Willis

Luster Willis (1913), bụ ónyé Africa-America na-ese ihe si Terry, Mississippi nke a maara nke ọma màkà ihe osise na ihe osise ya. O jiri ụdị ihe osise dị iche iche na collage mee ihe iji dọta uche na adịghị ike nke mgbasa ozi ọha na eze.

 Ndụ 
A mụrụ Luster Willis n'ubochí irí abụọ na isé n'ọnwa Disemba, 1913. Ọ gàrà ụlọ akwụkwọ ruo na klas nke asatọ, wee malite ọrụ ugbo ógè niile mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị. N'oge opupu ihe ubi na ógè okpomọkụ ọ nyeere nnà ya aka n'ilekọta ugbo ha dị hekta iri isii. N'oge oyi, ọ gburu osisi ma mee njikọ màkà Illinois Central Railroad. Ọ lụrụ Louvennia Bozman n'ubochí irí n'ọnwa Nọvemba, 1934, ọ bụ ezie na ha enweghị ụmụ nke ha, ha zụlitere ụmụ nwanne nné abụọ.

N'afọ 1943, a kpọrọ ya ka ọ sonye n'agha America n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Ọ nọrọ na Europe ruo afọ atọ, ọ bụkwa na Germany, France, na Austria ebe mbụ ọ hụrụ ezigbo nka. A tọhapụrụ ya n'ọrụ agha n'afọ 1947. Ọ laghachiri Egypt Hill, Mississippi wee gaa Magnolia Trade School na Jackson, Mississippi màkà asambodo onye na-akpụ isi ya.

Nná Willis nwụrụ na 1963 ma Willis ketara ugbo ya, ebe o bìrì ndụ ya fọdụrụ. Mgbè ọ dara ọrịa strok na mberede na 1986, Willis enweghị ike ịmepụta ọrụ nka ndị ọzọ. Ọ nwụrụ nanị afọ ole na ole mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị na 1991.

 Ọrụ 
Willis gosipụtara mmasị na nkà màkà nka n'oge ọ dị obéré. Otú ọ dị, ndị nkụzi ya kụdara mmasị nka ya, na-eleghara ha anya dị ka ndị na-abaghị uru na ndị na-enweghị isi. Ka o sina dị, Willis gara n'ihu na-ese ma na-eme ihe okike ya. N'oge Great Depression, ọ tụrụ osisi ije maka ndị agbata obi ya na Mississippi, na-ekwe nkwa "ịtinye mkpara n'aka onye agadi ọ bụla nọ na obéré ọbọdọ ya". Ogwe osisi ya, nke gosipụtara mmadụ n'onwe ya n'isi osisi ahụ, nwere ihe ịga nke ọma nke na ha bụ isi ihe ọ na-enweta n'oge Nsogbu, na-akwụ ụgwọ n'etiti cents irí asaá na isé na dollar ise nke ọ bụla. Mgbe Willis ketara ugbo nna ya na 1963, o nwere ohere na nnwere onwe ka ukwuu iji mepụta n'ụzọ nke ya, ya mere ọ malitere ise ihe na ise ihe na nke mbụ. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, William Ferris, onye nduzi nke Center for the Study of Southern Culture na Mahadum Mississippi chọpụtara ọrụ ya.

 Ihe ngosi na nchịkọta na-adịgide adịgide 
E gosipụtara ọrụ Willis na ihe ngosi ndị a:

 The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts, 1978, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
 Emere site n'aka: Mississippi Folk Art, 22 Jan- 25 May 1980, Mississippi State Historical Museum, Jackson, MS.
 Black Folk Art na America, 1930-1980, 15 Jenụwarị- 28 Machị 1982, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
 Ihe Ọ bụ: African-American Folk Art site na Regenia A. Perry Collection, 6-27 Ọktoba 1982, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
 Baking in the Sun: Ihe oyiyi ọhụụ sitere na South: nhọrọ sitere na nchịkọta Sylvia na Warren Lowe, 13 Jun- 31 Jul 1987, University Art Museum, University of Southern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.
 Enisled Visions: The Southern Non-Traditional Folk Artist, 1987, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL.
 20th Century American Folk Art si Arient Family Collection, 16 Oct- 14 Nov, 1987, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL.
 Onyinye ọhụụ: African American Folk Art, 27 1988, Atrium Gallery, Mahadum Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
 Ndị si n'èzí na-eleba anya: Ncheta, ọhụụ, na Fantasies, 1989, Gilley's Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.
 Onyinye ọhụụ: African American Folk Art, 27 Jan- 24 Feb, 1990, University Art Gallery, Mahadum Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA.
 Ihe Ọ bụ: African-American Folk Art site na Regenia A. Perry Collection, 1996, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.
 Mkpụrụ obi bụ isi: Onyinye Hager nke Self-Taught American Art, 26 Jenụwarị- 10 Machị 1996, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.
 Mkpụrụ obi toro omimi: African-American Vernacular Art of the South. 29 Jun- 3 Nov 1996, Michael C. Carlos Museum na City Hall East, Atlanta, GA.
 Outsider Art: An Exploration of Chicago Collections 9 Dec 1996- 23 Feb 1997, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
 Igbe Noa: Ụmụ anụmanụ site na Southern Self-Taught Artists. 1 Ọgọst - 19 Septemba 1998, Art Museum nke Mahadum Memphis, Memphis, TN.
 Southern Spirit: The Hill Collection, 21 Feb- 31 Mar, 2000, Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL.
 A Return to January '82: The Corcoran Show Revisited, 22 Jan- 16 Mar 2002, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY.
 Akụkọ nke Obodo: Self-Teught Art site na Hill Collection, 12 Aug- 30 Oct 2004, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA.
 Okwukwe Anyị kwupụtara- Ọrụ sitere na nchịkọta nke Gordon W. Bailey, 10 Sep 2014- 8 Aug 2015, University of Mississippi Museum of Art, Oxford, MS.

Ọrụ Willis dị na nchịkọta na-adịgide adịgide nke ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie ndị a:

 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie Ackland
 Ọ́bá Akwụkwọ Morgan &amp; Museum
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie dị elu
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie nke Los Angeles County
 Smithsonian American Art Museum
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie nke Mississippi
 Old Capitol Museum of Mississippi History
 Ebe Nkà Mmụta Ọkọlọ nke Kentucky
 St. James Place Folk Art Museum
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie nke New Orleans
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie Rockford

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