Herman Bailey

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Herman "Kofi" Bailey (nke a makwaara dị ka **Kofi X**) (1931 na 1981) bụ ónyé na-ese ihe n'Afrịka. A maara ya nke ọma màkà ihe osise ya na-egosi ahụmahụ ndị Afrịka na America.

## Ndụ onwe onye
A mụrụ ya na Chicago, Illinois, Bailey tolitere na Los Angeles, California. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Alabama State College wee gaa Mahadum Howard ébé ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'okpuru Alain Locke, Sterling Brown na James A. Porter. Ọ nwetara MFA ya na Mahadum nke Southern California . Na Alabama, ọ natara ọrụ màkà nnukwu ihe osise na mgbidi dị ka nwa akwụkwọ. A kọwara ya dị ka "onye ojii bohemian" n'oge ahụ, a na-ahụkarị ya ka ọ na-eyi beret, na-ekwu jive, na-ebu karama "n'otu akpa" ma na-ekwu màkà egwu na nka.

Mgbe ọ bi na Atlanta, oghere studio ya dị na ụlọ nke abụọ nke Institute of the Black World. Ọ bírì na Paschal's Motor Lodge Hotel, ebe ọ bụrụ na ọ nweghị ike ịkwụ ụgwọ ọ ga-eso otu n'ime ụmụnne Paschal na-ere ahịa ihe osise. Bailey kwuru okwu mkparị, nke bụ n'ihi iji ọgwụ ọjọọ na mmanya na-aba n'anya eme ihe. A kọwara Bailey dị ka onye na-aṅụ ọgwụ ma na-achaa, na-emefu ego ya na "pint zuru ezu nke Scotch" ma ọ bụ vodka. Herman "Kofi" Bailey nwụrụ na 1981 na Atlanta, Georgia.

## Ọrụ ọkachamara
 
A kọwaala ọrụ ya na ihe osise ya dị ka "... N'ịgwakọta ma geometric na ihe oyiyi, ọ na-ejikarị nnukwu ọdịdị gbaa ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị a sụgharịrị nke ọma gburugburu nke na-eje ozi dị ka ebe a na-elekwasị anya màkà ọtụtụ n'ime ihe ndị o dere. " Ụdị geometric na-emekarị n'azụ, dị ka a ga-asị na ọ na-apụta na ya. Bailey na-ejikarị charcoal ma ọ bụ conté dị ka ihe na-eme ihe, na-anwale mmanụ na ihe osise acrylic. Mgbè ụfọdụ, ọ na-eji ihe atọ ma ọ bụ anọ eme ihe n'ihe osise na agba na-arụkarị ọrụ nke abụọ n'ọrụ ya, na-ahọrọ ịdabere na ụda ụwa.

N'afọ 1967, Bailey bụ ónyé na-ese ihe na Spelman College nke méré ihe ngosi banyéré ọrụ Bailey nke e mepụtara mgbè ọ bi na Ghana n'afọ 1962.

### Isiokwu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na agbụrụ

### Nnakwere
James Early kwuru na ọrụ Kofi bụ nnukwu mmetụta, na-akọwa ihe osise Bailey dị ka "n'etiti nnukwu, ngosipụta nka na-enye ume nke e mepụtara na crucible nke ikpe ziri ezi na nhazi nke Atlanta na 1960s". Onye na-ese ihe na ónyé na-akọ akụkọ ihe méré eme Floyd Coleman kọwara Bailey dị ka onye na-emebi iwu: "Ọ bụ ezie na ọ gbasoghị iwu, ọ na-etinye aka na ọgụ nke ndị Africa America ma setịpụ ụkpụrụ n'ọrụ ya nke ọtụtụ n'ime anyị gbalịrị iṅomi. " Carmen Riddle kọwara Bailey dị ka "ónyé nwére ọgụgụ isi, onye nwéré ọgụgụ isi dị ọcha na nka ya".

## Ndị a ma ama

* Ebe Ngosi Ihe Mgbe Ochie Africa America nke California
* Mahadum Hampton
* National Museum of African American History and Culture
* Ebe Ndebe Ihe Ochie nke Mba
* Kọleji Spelman
* Ebe ndebe ihe ochie nke Mahadum na Mahadum Delaware

## Ihe ngosi ndị a ma ama

* Showcase & Tell: Akụ̀ dị oké ọnụ ahịa sitere na Spelman College Permanent Collection, 2009, Spelman College, Atlanta
* *Omenala Redefined*: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art, 2009, Mahadum Maryland, College Park
* *Otu narị afọ nke nka Africa America*: The Paul R. Jones Collection, 2004, Mahadum Delaware, Newark
* Atlanta Collects, 2004, City Gallery East, Atlanta
* Black Power / Black Art: na ọgụ ahụ na-aga n'ihu: Ihe oyiyi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị sitere na Black Arts Movement nke 1960s na 1970s, 1994, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
* *African American Art na Atlanta*: Public and Corporate Collections, 1984, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
* *Ihe ngosi Ncheta*, 1982, Spelman College, Atlanta
* *Ihe ndị dị mkpa sitere na Atlanta University Collection of Afro-American Art*, 1973, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
* *TCB*, 1971, National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston

## Edensibia

## Njikọ mpụga

* Untitled (Closed for King) site n'aka onye na-ese foto Robert Sengstacke na-egosi ihe osise nke Bailey.
* An interview by NBC News with Malcolm X on YouTube featuring Bailey's portrait of Kwame Nkrumah in the background.