Joe Overstreet

**Joe Wesley Overstreet** (June 20, 1933 - June 4, 2019  ) bụ onye na-ese ihe na America-Amerika sitere na Mississippi onye biri ma rụọ ọrụ na New York City maka ọtụtụ ọrụ ya.  N'afọ ndị 1950 na mmalite 1960, ọ jikọtara ya na mmegharị nkwupụta okwu Abstract .

N'oge Civil Rights Movement nke 1960, ọ bịara mara maka ọrụ ndị dị ka *Strange Fruit* na *The New Jemima*, nke gosipụtara mmasị ya na nsogbu mmekọrịta ọha na eze nke oge a na Black Arts Movement . Ya na Amiri Baraka rụkwara ọrụ dịka onye isi ihe nka maka ihe nkiri na ụlọ akwụkwọ Black Arts Repertory na Harlem, New York. N'afọ 1974, o mebere Kenkeleba House, ụlọ ngosi ihe ngosi na ụlọ ihe nkiri East Village . N'afọ 1980 ọ laghachiri na ihe osise ya na ihe osise *Storyville*, nke na-echeta ọnọdụ jazz New Orleans nke mmalite 1900s. Ọrụ ya na-adọta mmetụta dịgasị iche iche, gụnyere ihe nketa Africa-American nke ya, e gosipụtara ya na ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie na veranda gburugburu ụwa.

## Ndụ mmalite, ezinụlọ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Joe Overstreet na June 20, 1933, na Conehatta, Mississippi . Nna ya bụ onye na-ese ihe, onye ọrụ ya kpughere ya n'ihe owuwu na ihe owuwu bụ nke mechara metụta ihe osise ya atọ.  Obodo ya dị na etiti, ime obodo Mississippi, otu n'ime obodo dị iche iche na 1945 gụnyere na ndoputa maka ndị gọọmenti etiti ama ama Mississippi Band of Choctaw India, bụ ndị mejupụtara ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu nke ndị bi na ya. Ezinụlọ Overstreet buru ụzọ biri na Conehatta na 1830 wee zụlite osisi maka osisi pulp.

Ezinụlọ ya bụ ndị na-akwagharị akwagharị, na-aga ugboro ise n'etiti 1941 na 1946 tupu ha ebie na Berkeley, CA.  Na 1951, Overstreet gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Oakland Technical High School na Oakland, California, wee rụọ ọrụ nwa oge maka Merchant Marines. N'otu afọ ahụ, Overstreet malitere ịmụ nkà, nke mbụ na Contra Costa College na mgbe ahụ na California School of Fine Arts (ugbu a San Francisco Art Institute ).  Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na California College of Arts and Crafts na 1954.  Site na 1955 ruo 1957, Overstreet bụ akụkụ nke obodo ndị na-ese ihe ojii na Lost Angeles wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka ihe nkiri maka Walt Disney Studios . 

## Art na ọrụ

### 1950-1960
Ọrụ mmalite nke Overstreet nke njedebe 1950s ruo etiti 1960s na-ejikọta mmasị ya na Abstract Expressionism, jazz, na akụkọ na-egbu mgbu nke akụkọ ihe mere eme nke African-American, na ọrụ ndị dị ka *The Hawk, For Horace Silver* (1957), *Carry Back* (1960), *Big Black* (1961), na *Janet* (1964). 

Ihe osise ya *The New Jemima* (1964/1970) ( Menil Collection ) na-emebi ihe oyiyi ojii na-enweghị atụ nke nwanne mama Jemima .  N'adịghị ka agwa mbụ ahụ, onye ọrụ ụlọ nke dị adị iji mee ndị ọzọ obi ụtọ, Overstreet's Jemima na-eji egbe igwe.

Overstreet na-echeta ọrụ a:“ Larry Rivers hụrụ [esere nwanne mama Jemima] n’ihe dị ka n’afọ 1970, o wee sị na ọ bụrụ na m mee ka ọ buru ibu, na ya ga-etinye ya na ihe ngosi Some American History na Mahadum Rice. N’ihi ya, emere m ụdị ihe mgbochi osisi ka ihe osise ahụ wee yie ihe dị ka igbe pancake. M sasawanye ya karịsịa maka ọrụ nka a, bụ́ nke so ná mgbalị e mere na 1971 iji wepụ Mahadum Rice . Rice nwere codecicil na ndị isi ojii enweghị ike ịga ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. " Na 1964, Overstreet kwụsịrị ịrụ ọrụ na mmanụ wee malite ịse na acrylic, nke na-akpọnwụ ngwa ngwa. Nke a nyere ya ohere itinyekwu uche na nsogbu gbasara oghere. Ihe osise *Iche Mkpụrụ* ( c. 1965 ) nwere ike ịhụ dị ka ọrụ mmiri na-arụ ọrụ na nhazi ya na iji eriri eme ihe, nke na-emegharị n'ime ọtụtụ iri afọ na eserese ya, na ngosipụta dị iche iche. Aha *mkpụrụ osisi Strange* na-ezo aka na nsụgharị Billie Holiday nke abụ na abụ Abel Meeropol (nke e dekọrọ na 1940) gbasara lynchings, bụ nke egburu ọtụtụ ndị isi ojii site n'ịkpọgide ya. 

Karịsịa, eserese ahụ nwere ike na-ezo aka na igbu ọchụ nke Chaney, Goodman, na Schwerner, ndị ọrụ atọ na-ahụ maka ikike obodo bụ ndị na-apụ na July 1964 na nso Philadelphia, Mississippi, na-adịghị anya site na obodo Overstreet. E mechara hụ ka a gbagburu ma lie ha n’ime mmiri mmiri ụrọ. N'ime eserese a, ụkwụ na-akpụ akpụ na-ada ada na-eguzo ọtọ, na-eji eriri na-agafe eserese ahụ na diagonal. Ụdị abstract ndị ahụ na-atụ aro akara ndị akwụ ụgwọ dị ka obe na-ere ọkụ na mkpuchi Ku Klux Klan . 

Eserese ndị ọzọ, dị ka *Jack One-Eyed* na *Masks* bụkwa ihe na-ezo aka na Civil Rights Movement . N'ime oge a Overstreet soro Amiri Baraka rụkọọ ọrụ dịka onye isi ihe nka nke Black Arts Repertory Theater na School na Harlem na dịka onye nrụpụta ntọala.  Na 1963 Overstreet zutere Ishmael Reed, onye na-ede uri, onye edemede na onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, dị ka Reed na-emepụta Hoodoo (Haitian voodoo) aesthetic dị ka usoro akwụkwọ. 

Overstreet akọwapụtala ihe gbasara mmekọrịta ọha na eze na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na isi mmalite nke ọrụ ya, ma ọ na-atụlekwa ụdọ na geometry nke eserese ya na ọchịchọ ya imeghe na ịgbanwe oghere. Overstreet edepụtala akwụkwọ nke Jay Hambidge, *The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry,* dị ka nnukwu mmetụta. N'akwụkwọ ahụ, Hambidge na-ekwu na *Harpedonapte* (ụdọ-agbatị) nke Egypt achọpụtala ụkpụrụ nke symmetry dị ike ma jiri ha wepụta atụmatụ ụlọ nsọ.  Overstreet na-echetakwa na nna ya nwere mmasị na eriri eriri ndị Ijipt, yana ka ndị na-eme ihe na-eji eriri eriri chọpụta echiche, ọkwa na ọkwa nke ụwa.

Na-enwe mmasị na ọrụ nke Frank Stella, site na 1967 Overstreet malitere ịrụ ọrụ na canvases ekara, nke na-ezo aka na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị isiokwu ( *Agent Orange* and *North Star*, both 1967). Overstreet gosikwara mmasị ya ịwepụ na eserese ọdịda anyanwụ, site na iji akụkụ anọ na ihe ndọtị, yana site na isi mmalite akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ọdịda anyanwụ. Isi mmalite ya gụnyere nka nke North Africa, ụlọ alakụba islam, na Mali, na nka onye ala America. Overstreet na-eji ihe eji jigsaw na ngwá ọrụ aka eme ihe n'osisi dowels iji mee ihe ndọtị dị mgbagwoju anya, na-ese ihe osise n'ụdị e si na omenala Aztec, Benin na ndị Ijipt.

N'ime oge a, o kwuru, "Amalitere m ile ọrụ nka anya n'ụzọ dị iche, ọ bụghị dị ka mkpesa, kama dịka nkwupụta gbasara ndị mmadụ. Mma ntọn̄ọ ndinam n̄kpọ ye ndise ndise mbio obio America ye East India, Oceania ye Africa. Ka ọ na-erule 1970, akwụsịla m n’echiche bụ́ na ihe osise aghaghị ịdị na mgbidi n’ụdị akụkụ anọ.” 

### 1970s: Usoro ụgbọ elu
Ọrụ a kacha mara nke Overstreet bụ eserese o mere site na 1970s. Eserese ndị a adịkwaghị n'elu akwa akwa, kama a na-etinye akwa akwa na grommets, a na-eji eriri tinye ma kwụsịtụ ha na mgbidi, ala na elu ụlọ ihe ngosi ahụ.  Otu n'ime ọrụ ya kachasị mkpa bụ usoro *ụgbọ elu* nke 1971: tap nke kwaaji na-ejikọta ụdọ na elu ụlọ na ala. Overstreet na-ekwu, sị, “Amalitere m ime ihe osise ndị yiri ụlọikwuu. Anọ m na-eme nkà na-awagharị awagharị, m na-enwekwa ike ibugharị ya na njem. Mgbe m gosiri ha, m kpọkọtara ha ma buru ha n’ụgbọelu.” *Ụgbọ elu ike* (1971) dị na nchịkọta ihe ngosi nka nke Brooklyn. 

Overstreet mụrụ omenala ndị mbịara na echiche nke njirimara abụọ ma ọ bụ nke mba ọzọ. O kwuru na ya chọrọ ịnọgide na-enwe akụkụ kasị mma nke ihe owuwu ndị na-akwagharị: “Ọchịchọ ha, dị ka nnụnụ na-efe efe, ịpụ, ibuli elu, kama ịbụ ndị a na-ejidesi ike” site n’ụdọ ndị kwụsịrị ha.  Ọtụtụ n'ime ihe osise ya na 1971 si na mandala onyonyo wee bụrụ akara ngosi n'ihu ha. Overstreet nwere mmasị na tantric yoga, yana emume Navajo nke eserese ájá. O kwuru, sị, "Nkà bụ maka ịbịakọta ọnụ nke okwu, omenala na-agafe ..." 

## Ihe ngosi

### Ihe ngosi otu

* 2017: *Mkpụrụ obi nke Mba: Art in the Age of Black Power.* Tate Modern, London. Gaa na Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art na Brooklyn Museum na 2018.  
* 2015: *Ihe ngosi EY: Ụwa Na-aga Pop.* Tate Modern, London. 
* 2011: *Ugbu a gwuo ihe a!* *: Art na Black Los Angeles 1960–1980* . Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka Hammer, Los Angeles, CA. 
* 2005: *Mmiri* . Embassy Bridgetown, Barbados. Mmemme Art in Embassies nke Ngalaba steeti US na-akwado ya. 
* 1992-3: *A/CROSS UGBUA: Synthesis in African American Abstract Painting.* Ndị nnọchi anya US: Dakar Biennale, Senegal; IFAN Museum, na National Center for Art; Omenala Omenala French, Libreville, Gabon; Ememme GRAFOLIE, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>
* 1992.4: ''Ndị ọbụ abụ nrọ, ndị na-akọ akụkọ: Ọnụnọ nke ndị America na Amerịka.'' New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, na ebe dị na Japan: Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Otani Memorial Art Museum. </link><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;
* 1989: *The Blues Aesthetic.* Ụlọ ọrụ Washington maka Arts ; Ihe ngosi na-ekesa. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>
* 1986: ''Ọgụgụ Art US, 1986: Ndị nka Afro-American nke oge a.'' Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;

### Ihe ngosi Solo

* 2019: *Joe Overstreet, Ọrụ ahọpụtara: 1975-1982* . Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY.
* 2018: *Joe Overstreet, Innovation nke ụgbọ elu: Ihe osise 1967-1972* . Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY.
* 2008: *The Storyville Series* . Obodo Gallery East, Atlanta, GA &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>
* 2003: ''Ubi Meridian'' . Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, NY. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;
* 1996: *(Re) Kpọọ na nzaghachi.* Ebe ngosi nka Everson, Syracuse, NY.&#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>
* 1996: ''Joe Overstreet: Na-arụ ọrụ site na 1957 ruo 1993.'' New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;
* 1965: Hugo Gallery, New York, NY.&#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>
* 1955: Vesuvio Cafe, San Francisco, CA.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;

## Nchịkọta ihe ngosi nka
Ọrụ nka nke Overstreet gụnyere n'ọtụtụ mkpokọta nzuzo na nke ọha gburugburu ụwa, gụnyere Brooklyn Museum, Mississippi Museum of Art, Rose Art Museum,  Rennie Museum, na Menil Collection . 

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## Njikọ mpụga

* Official website
* ''The New Jemima'' (1964)
* ''Strange Fruit'' (1965)
* ''Justice, Faith, Hope and Peace'' (1968)
* ''The Basket Weavers'' (2003)
* Photo shoot with Joe Overstreet
* Joe Overstreet in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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