From his provocative Cover Girl series featuring photographic portraits of himself on the covers of popular magazines, to his writings on sexuality and identity, the work of Nigerian-born Ik??? Ud??? explores a world of dualities: African/postnationalist, photographer/performance artist, artist/spectator, male/female, mainstream/marginal, seduction/narcissism, and fashion/art. As an artist from Nigeria working in New York City, connected to the world of fashion and celebrity, Ud??? gives the political aspects of performance ...
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From his provocative Cover Girl series featuring photographic portraits of himself on the covers of popular magazines, to his writings on sexuality and identity, the work of Nigerian-born Ik??? Ud??? explores a world of dualities: African/postnationalist, photographer/performance artist, artist/spectator, male/female, mainstream/marginal, seduction/narcissism, and fashion/art. As an artist from Nigeria working in New York City, connected to the world of fashion and celebrity, Ud??? gives the political aspects of performance and representation a new vitality, melding his own theatrical selves and multiple personae with his art. Like Andy Warhol, Ud??? plays with the ambiguities of the marketplace and art world, particularly in his notorious art, culture, and fashion magazine, aRUDE. This book, which accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art, in Portland, Maine, is the first comprehensive publication on Ud???'s photography. The book contains photographs of the installations "Beyond Decorum," "Uses of Evidence," and "Project Rear"; several series, including Cover Girls, Uli, and Celluloid; and photographs from his magazine aRUDE. The book also includes essays by Lauri Firstenberg, Kobena Mercer, Olu Oguibe, Valerie Steele, Octavio Zaya, and Ik??? Ud??? himself, as well as an interview with Ud??? conducted by Okwui Enwezor. The reader meets Ud??? the artist, editor, dandy, and aesthete. In his writing, Ud??? speaks of the futility of stereotypes, and in his photography, he brings to life the image of the artist in a plenitude of guises. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE: Institute of Contemporary Art Portland, Maine 24 February-13 April 2000 OBORO Montreal, Canada Autumn 2000 Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, Massachusetts Summer 2001
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Very Good. 8 1/2x 9. 184 pages, heavily illustrated w/photos. Exhbition catalog. Essays by Aimee Bessire; Lauri Firstenberg; Kobena Mercer; Balerie Steele; and Ide Ude. Interview of Ude by Okwui Enwezor. Unmarked, tight and clean.
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VG. Pale blue wraps with color illustration and blue lettering; French flaps; 184 pp. With an interview of Ude, a series of provocative photos of himself on the covers of well-known magazines, and writings about sexuality and identity.
