Herbert Singleton

**Herbert Singleton** (1945-2007) bụ ónyé America na-ese ihe na ónyé na-ese onyinyo nke bi na New Orleans, Louisiana. Ọrụ ya dekọrọ ihe mgbu nke ndụ na mpaghara Algiers nke New Orleans.

## Ndụ na ọrụ
A mụrụ Herbert Singleton diọkpara n'ime ụmụ asatọ n'ubochí irí atọ na otu Mee, 1945 nye Elizabeth na Herbert Singleton Sr. Singleton chetara na otu ụbọchị mgbè ọ dị afọ iri, nna ya hapụrụ ụlọ ahụ ịzụta ngwugwu sịga ma ghara ịlaghachi. Nne ya kwadoro ezinụlọ ahụ na ego ọ na-enweta naanị ya na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọgwụ. Ọ gàrà ụlọ akwụkwọ ruo na klas nke asaa, ọ bụ ezie na akụkọ ndị ọzọ na-ekwu na ọ bụ klas nke isii. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ihe ka ukwuu n'oge ọ bụ nwata n'ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ígwè na dị ka onye na-ese akwa. E jidere ya dị ka onye na-eto eto màkà mpụ ọgwụ ọjọọ dị iche iche ma nọrọ afọ iri na atọ na Louisiana State Penitentiary n'etiti afọ 1967 na 1986. Mgbè a tọhapụrụ ya, ọ malitere ime obéré ihe ọkpụkpụ agwọ màkà Voodoo Museum na New Orleans na 1970. N'ịbụ ónyé nwéré nkụda mmụọ màkà adịghị ike nke ụrọ a na-agbaghị ọkụ, Singleton gbanwere ihe ọ na-eji eme ihe na osisi wee malite ịkpụ aka ogologo axis n'ime osisi ndị na-aga ije, nke a na-ejikarị eme ihe dị ka ngwá agha. Ndị ahịa ya bụ ndị na-ere ahịa, ndị na-azụ ọgwụ ọjọọ, na ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala ịnyịnya na ụgbọ ịnyịnya na French Quarter. N'ezie, otu ónyé ọkwọ ụgbọ ala gburu ónyé ohi n'oge a na-eji otu n'ime osisi Singleton, ya mere ha ghọrọ ndị a maara dị ka "Killer Sticks".

E sere ọrụ ya mgbè e mesịrị n'ọnụ ụzọ na osisi ndị ọzọ siri ike a hụrụ n'akụkụ Osimiri Mississippi. A na-eme atụmatụ na Singleton rụchara ihe karịrị ọrụ narị abụọ, ọ bụ ezie na enweghị ike ịgụta ihe ndị mbụ ya n'ụzọ ziri ezi. Ọ biri ndụ ya niile na Algiers, mpaghara New Orleans n'akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke Osimiri Mississippi. Ọ nwụrụ mgbè ọ dị afọ irí isii na abụọ.

## Ihe ngosi
Singleton egosila ọrụ na ihe ngosi ndị a:

* Iri Southern Black Folk Artists. 1990, Icons Gallery, Houston, TX.
* *Ọ bụghị site na* Luck: Ndị na-akụzi onwe ha na American South. 1993, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ.
* *Black History and* Artism: Ọrụ site n'aka ndị na-ese ihe na ndị na-akụzi onwe ha site na Blanchard Hill Collection. 5 Feb- 3 Mar, 1993, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY.
* Foto na uche m: Contemporary American Self-Taugt Art site na nchịkọta nke Dr. Kurt Gitter na Alice Rae Yellen. 1995, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL.
* *Site* n'ihe ọ bụla dị mkpa: Ihe osise nke ndị na-ese ihe n'onwe ha n'Afrịka. 14 Jenụwarị- 13 Febụwarị, 1999, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY.
* *Ka ọ* ShineL Self-Taught Art si na T. Marshall Hahn Collection. 23 Jun- 2 Sep, 2001, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
* Ọhụụ pụrụ iche: Folk Art si Charlottesville Collections. 5 Ọktoba- 2 Disemba 2001, Mahadum Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesille, VA.
* *Street Savvy*: New and Recent Works. 2002, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY.
* *Goin' Cross my Mind*: Contemporary Self-Taught Artists of Louisiana. 2002, Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, LA.
* Ịzụta Louisiana Dis-Mantled. Apr-May 2003, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
* *Tony Green na-eme Mardi Gras*. Febụwarị 2004, John Stinson Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA.
* Ịbịa n'Ụlọ: Ndị na-akụzi onwe ha, Bible, na American South. 19 Jun- 13 Nov 2004, Art Museum of University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
* The Souls of Black Folk: Nhọrọ nke African American Folk Art site na Museum's Permanent Collection. 28 Nov. 2004- na-aga n'ihu, Museum of African American Life and Culture, Dallas, TX.
* Nrọ ahụ na-adịgide: Martin Luther King, Jr. na ọgụ maka ikpe ziri ezi. Jenụwarị-Febụwarị 2005, Robert Cargo Folk Art Gallery, Paoli, PA.
* Obiọma dị ịtụnanya: Ndị na-ese ihe na-akụzi onwe ha site na Mullis Foundation. 29 Sep 2007- 6 Jan, 2008, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA.
* *Crossroads*: Spirituality in American Folk Traditions. 17 Nov, 2007- 24 Feb, 2008, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY.
* *Houston* Nchịkọta: African American Art. 3 Aug- 26 Oct, 2008, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX.
* Go Tell It On the Mountain 4 Ọktoba 2012- 8 Jun 2013, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
* Mkpụrụ obi Stirring: Ndị na-akụziri onwe ha ihe n'Africa si South. 3 Ọktoba 2013- 8 Jun. 2014, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
* Prospect.3 Ihe edeturu maka Ugbu a 25 Ọktoba 2014- 25 Jenụwarị, 2015, Multi-venue, New Orleans, LA.

## Nchịkọta
Ebe ngosi nka ndị na-esonụ nwere ọrụ Singleton na nchịkọta ha na-adịgide adịgide:

* Smithsonian American Art Museum
* Ụlọ Ọrụ Nkà nke Minneapolis
* Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie dị elu
* Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie nke Philadelphia
* Ogden Museum of Southern Art
* Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie Pérez Miami
* Ebe A Na-ahụ Maka Ihe Osise nke Oge A
* Birmingham Museum of Art
* Ebe ngosi nka nke ndụ na ọdịbendị ndị Africa America

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