Willie Bester

**Willie Bester** (amụrụ n'ubochí irí abụọ na itoolu n'ọnwa Febụwarị, n'afọ 1956) bụ onye South Africa na-ese ihe, onye na-akpụ ihe na onye na-ese ihe. A maara ya nke ọma n'ihe banyere ọrụ ya na ngagharị iwe nke usoro ịkpa ókè agbụrụ site na ihe osise ya. Ugbu a, ya na nwunye ya, Evelyn na ụmụ ha atọ bi na Kuilsrivier, South Africa.

## Ndụ Willie Bester.
A mụrụ Bester na Montagu, Western Cape, obodo dị na mpaghara Western Cape nke South Africa ihe dị ka kilomita otu narị na iri asatọ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ site na Cape Town. Nna ya bụ Xhosa na nne ya bụ onye a na-akpọ Coloured n'okpuru usoro ịkpa ókè agbụrụ. A mụrụ ya tupu ha alụọ di ma ọ bụ nwunye, ya mere e mere e depụtara ya dị ka onye nwere agba, were aha nne ya.

Mgbé ọ bụ nwata, Bester gosipụtara nkà okike maka nka. A maara ya ka ọ na-emepụta ma na-ere ụgbọala egwuregwu site na waya, na-emepụta ọkụ isi site na kandụl na akwa tin a tụfuru. O meriri n'asọmpi nka n'etiti ụlọ akwụkwọ ógè agbamume sitere n'aka onye nkụzi ụlọ akwụkwọ nke ghọtara mmasị ya na eserese. Otú ọ dị, ebe a na-ahazi nne na nna ya dị ka mmekọrịta agbụrụ, Bester chere ụfọdụ ihe ịma aka ihu ógè ọ na-etolite. A jụrụ ha ụlọ na mpaghara 'Coloured' nke Montagu, ebe naanị ebe obibi maka ndị ọrụ ojii bụ ụlọ nkwari akụ nwoke na nwanyị. Iji biri ọnụ dị ka ezinụlọ n'ime obodo, ha na-ebikarị n'azụ ụlọ ndị ọzọ. N'oge a, e nwere obere nguzogide a haziri ahazi megide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ. Ezinụlọ nne ya jụrụ Bester na ụmụnne ya n'ihi na nna ha bụ nwoke ojii na-asụ Xhosa, kama ịbụ onye na-asụ Afrikaans. Bester gbakwara akaebe na ndị uwe ojii na ndị ọrụ ugbo na Montagu na-ama nna ya ojii ógè niile.

Ógè ọ dị afọ iri na ụma, Bester, dị ka ụfọdụ obodo na ndị ntorobịa ime obodo nọ n'ọnọdụ ndị yiri ya sonyeere ndị agha nchebe South Africa. Ọ nọrọ otu afọ n'ebe ahụ, na nke ọzọ n'ogige ndị agha maka ndị ntorobịa ojii na-enweghị ọrụ. O mechara bụrụ onye enyemaka ezé. N'oge afọ 1980s, mmegide dị ka Soweto Uprising kpaliri Bester, onye laghachiri na mmasị nwata ya na nka site na isonyere Community Arts Program na Cape Town ógè ọ dị afọ iri atọ.

## <span lang="af" dir="ltr">Ọrụ</span>
Bester na-arụ ọrụ n'ụdị dị iche iche, dị ka eserese, foto na ihe ọkpụkpụ. Ọ bụ onye ama ama maka ihe banyere ndị na-agwakọta na mgbasa ozi na-eji collage na eserese. E jiriwo ojiji o jiri ihe ndị a chọtara na collage na-anọchite anya ụwa n'ezie tụnyere Pablo Picasso na Synthetic Cubism, ihe mkpofu nke Kurt Schwitters na ọrụ Pop Art izizi nke Robert Rauchenberg.

## Ihe ngosi

### Ngosipụta naanị ya (nhọrọ)

* 1982 Forum, Cavendish Square, Cape Town.
* 1991 Gallery International, Cape Town
* 1992 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
* 1993 South African Association of Art, Cape Town
* 1994 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
* 1998 Emporain, Dakar
* 1999 Opere Recenti, Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
* 1999 Archivio Della Scuola Romana, Introdotto da Achille Bonito Oliva, Roma, Italy
* 2000 Arte Assortite, Torino
* 2001 Centre D'Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium
* 2002 SASOL Museum, Stellenbosch
* 2003 Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
* 2005 34 LONG, Cape Town
* 2007 Montagu Museum
* 2008 Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town
* 2009 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

### Ngosipụta otu (nhọrọ)

* 1989 Baxter Gallery, Cape Town
* 1990 Gallery International, Cape Town
* 1991 Operation Hunger Exhibition, Cape Town
* 1991–92 ZABALAZA FESTIVAL, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
* 1992 Primart Gallery, Cape Town
* 1993 Venice Biennale, INCROCI DEL SUD: Ihe ngosi nke ọrụ nke ndị nka 27 nke oge a na South Africa
* 1993–94 INCROCI DEL SUD, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
* 1994 UN ART CONTEMPORIAN D'AFRIQUE DU SUD, Galerie De L'Esplanade, La Defence, Paris
* 1995 DIALOGUES OF PEACE, Ihe ngosi maka ncheta afọ iri ise nke UN, Palaise Des Nations, Geneva
* 1996 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
* 1996 Contemporary Art from South Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
* 1997 Galleria d'Art Moderna e Contemporanea di San Marino, San Marino
* 1998 Biennale de l'Art Contemporian, Dakar, Senegal
* 1999 Claiming Art Reclaiming Space, National Museum of African Art, Washington DC.
* 2000 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
* 2001 Barcelona Contemporary Cultural Center, Spain
* 2002 Paspọtụ na South Africa, Centro Culturale "Trevi", Bolzano, Italy
* 2003 Suidoos Festival, Peninsula Technikon 'Coexistence- Contemporary Cultural Production in South African' Rose Art Museum, USA
* 2004 Africa Remix - Düsseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast: 24 July–7 November 2004
* 2005 London, Hayward Gallery
* 2006 Tokyo, Mori Art Museum
* 2007 Rocca di Castagnoli, Biennale Internazionale d'Art, Italy
* 2009 34 LONG FINE ART, Cape Town

## Akwụkwọ

* Ụlọ, Gloria, Alison Kenzie, und Art Gallery nke Windsor. Willie Bester: ụlọ nyocha apartheid : Art Gallery of Windsor, February 24-June 17, 2007. Art Gallery nke Windsor, 2008.
* Lee, Donvé. Willie Bester: Art as a Weapon. Awareness Publishing, 2008.

## Edensibia

## Njikọ mpụga

* Willie Bester's Homepage
* Artsouthafrica.com
* "Willie Bester", CAACart (Contemporary African Art Collection nke Jean Pigozzi dere)
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