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Wasika zuwa gareshi, Duniya gare Mu: Surrealism na Obi Agwam
kalmomi daga Teneshia Carr
Da rana muna magana, Yanzun nan ne Obi Gwam ya fito daga Tube ya shiga studio dinsa na Landan. Ya dan rude, kullum hamma, karkashin-caffeinated, da, kamar yadda ya fito, shiru yayi yana murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwarshi shekaru 26. "Na isa filin studio dina ba ko minti biyu da suka wuce ba," yayi dariya. "Ina nan kusan shekara guda." Yunkurin ƙaura daga Queens zuwa babban shirin haɗin gwiwar Royal Academy babban haɓaka ne ta kowane ma'auni. Amma ga Gwam, gudunsa duka ya rage game da sa'a da ƙari game da tsabta.
An haife shi a Legas kuma ya tashi a Southside Jamaica, Sarauniya, Agwam ya taso ne a cikin duniyar da take cike da ɗorewa da ƴan sanda. Iyayensa sun ajiye shi a ciki don tsira, amma garin ya koya masa 'yancin kai da wuri. "Na kasance a cikin jirgin da wuri kamar yadda 10, 11 shekaru," yace. "Dole ne ku sami waɗannan ƙwarewar gaske da wuri-zama alhakin, tafiya, zama lafiya da sani." Ciki Apartment, hanyar tserewa ta zana. Tare da iyakance damar zuwa duniyar waje, ya kamu da son zane-zane da wasan kwaikwayo. Madadin sararin samaniya waɗanda suka fi haske fiye da wanda dama a wajen tagansa.
"Na fara zana saboda gajiya," ya tuna. "Kewaye na na zahiri ba su da ban sha'awa musamman, amma zane-zanen zane-zane sun ba da matakin farin ciki wanda ba zan samu ba a zahiri. Don haka nan take na yi amfani da shi azaman hanyar jurewa." Wancan "hanyar magancewa" a hankali ya gina tushe: yaron da zai iya zane a cikin aji, matashin yana yin rubutu a cikin litattafan rubutu, matashin mai zane wanda har yanzu bai ga fasaha a matsayin hanyar rayuwa mai inganci ba.
Wannan canjin bai zo ba sai kwalejin al'umma, bayan Jami'o'in da yake so da farko ya ce a'a. "Sun tilasta ni in sayi fenti na farko," Ya ce game da wani kwas ɗin gabatarwa. "Kafin haka, Na kasance koyaushe ina yin zane… Wani abu ne kawai don wuce lokaci. A wannan ajin, sun tilasta ni in kirkiro zane-zane a zahiri, ,na zahiri hanya, kan zane. Kuma tun daga wannan shekarar, Na fara yin kaya kawai."
2019 shine farkon. 2020 Annobar cutar - samun damar sa'o'i 24 don tunanin kansa. "Muna kulle a ciki. Ba ni da wani abin yi," ya daga kafada. "Don haka za mu yi fenti." Ya fara buga aikin akan layi ba tare da wani shiri ba, daidaito kawai. A cikin shekara guda, yana da masu sauraro; ta 2021, yana nunawa a cikin galleries a New York, Los Angeles, da London. Cikin 2024, ya hau wasan kwaikwayo na farko na solo a Harkawik a Manhattan. Yanzu, Royal Academy.
Idan lokacin sauti ba zai yuwu ba, Agwam shine farkon wanda ya fara tsayayya da tatsuniya na gano kwatsam. "Na yi imani da kaddara," yace, "amma kuma na yi imanin cewa mutane suna da ra'ayinsu kan abin da ake nufi da su. Kullum mutane suna cewa, 'Idan ana nufin zama, ana nufin ya zama,' amma ina tsammanin muna da namu hukumar. Ina tunani da madaidaicin tunani, Zan iya zama mai fasaha a yau, likita gobe, dan sama jannati washegari. Tare da isasshen haske da mai da hankali da niyya, Ina tsammanin komai yana yiwuwa."
Wannan imani ga hukumar yana nunawa a cikin aikin kanta - zane-zanen da ke cike da roba, raye-rayen raye-rayen da kamar suna shawagi a wani wuri tsakanin zane mai ban dariya, ruhi, da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya. Hotonsa yana jin kamar mafarkin zazzaɓi na Baƙar fata: mikewa kafafu, maganganun roba, duniyoyin da ke girgiza tare da launi da tarihin ƙididdiga. "Na jingina cikin fantasy da surrealism da tunani," ya bayyana. "Hasashen yana aiki da dalilai daban-daban. Yana aiki da manufa a cikin aikin juriya. Yana ba da manufa don kwantar da kai da jin daɗi kawai. Idan duniya ta haukace kuma duniyar ku ta zahiri tana rugujewa ko ba abin da kuke so ba, abu mafi kyau na gaba shine tunanin duniyar waje da ita."
Don ni, Duniyar da aka yi hasashe tana da alaƙa sosai da siffar Baƙar fata da zuriyar zuriyar da take ɗauka. Ya nutse cikin farkon raye-rayen Amurka na ƙarni na ashirin, Jim Crow-zaman caricatures, wariyar launin fata da grotesque, kuma ya ci karo da su da zane-zane na zamani da taushi, baƙo siffofin. "A cikin 1920s, 30s, da 40s da kuma gaba, An kwatanta baƙar fata ta wata hanya, yawanci wasa akan stereotypes," yace. "Don haka zan ɗauki wasu abubuwan gani daga wannan, da kuma haɗa su da abubuwan gani daga zane-zane na zamani da ƙananan hotuna na baƙar fata. Ina da gaske, sosai, mai matukar damuwa tare da daidaita tazara tsakanin wani abu mai misali da wauta da nishadi, da wani abu mai tsanani, babban fasaha."
Ƙididdigansa ba sa nufin gaskiya. Suna nufin ji. "Ba dole ba ne ya kasance mai karfin gaske. Ba koyaushe ya zama abin lura ba," nace. "A koyaushe ina ji kamar ina zana a hankali yadda nake ji baƙar fata, maimakon yadda rayuwar Baƙar fata ta kasance."
Wannan bambanci yana da mahimmanci. A duniyar Gwam, An ba da izinin baƙar fata ya zama na roba, m, m, melancholy, kuma an kubuta daga nauyin halasta. Hotunan ba kawai a matsayin hotuna ba amma a matsayin haruffa. Ya jarida, yayi bimbini akan takamaiman abubuwan tunawa, kuma yana amfani da waɗancan rubutun azaman faɗakarwa ga kowane yanki. Yana ƙaruwa, Kalmomin da kansu ke zubowa sama: envelopes masu hatimi, layukan da aka rubuta da hannu, gutsattsarin wasiƙu. "Waɗannan hotunan kamar haruffa ne ga kaina sannan kuma haruffa ga duk wanda ke karanta shi," yace. "Kamar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, tashin hankali, tunanin yana shigowa cikin wannan babban tukunyar narkewa."
Akwai kuma jarumtaka mafi natsuwa a cikin yadda yake kewaya kasada. Agwam yana sane sosai akan layi mai kyau tsakanin sake dawo da cutarwa da sake haifar da cutarwa. "Layi siriri ce tsakanin zane-zane mai ban tsoro ba mai ban tsoro ba," ya yarda. "Ina tsammanin kuna samun daidaito ta hanyar gwadawa da gazawa. Ban yi farin ciki sosai da yawancin ayyukan fasaha da nake yi ba, amma duk da haka na fitar da shi. Domin wani lokacin yadda nake ji ba shi da alaƙa da yadda sauran mutane za su ji game da shi."
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