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Additional authors

1. Bellorado-Samuels, Joeonna
2. Smith, Zadie
3. Raiford, Leigh
4. Hockley, Rujeko
5. Lang, Melinda
6. Lockner, Logan
7. Musser, Amber Jamilla
8. Yerebakan, Osman Can

Description

1. 248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

1. This extraordinary illustrated story--Toyin Ojih Odutola's best-known body of work--chronicles the private lives of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families, the UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi, if colonialist and slave-trade interventions had never disrupted the country. Rendered life-size in charcoal, pastel, and pencil, Ojih Odutola's figures appear enigmatic and mysterious, set against the artist's larger conceived narrative, highlighting the malleability of identity and assumptions about race, wealth, and class. The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi presents the story of these families in four chapters illustrated and authored by Ojih Odutola, accompanied by the artist's sketches and notes. Also included are several insightful essays on the artist herself by noted writers and critics Zadie Smith, Leigh Raiford, and others. An introduction to the artist's vivid fictionalized world, as well as a reflection on the role of this body of work within her broader practice, this remarkable volume serves as the essential guide to Ojih Odutola's unique form of storytelling.

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections

Alternative title

1. Works.

Subject

1. Odutola, Toyin, 1985-
2. Black author
3. Pictorial works
4. Interviews
5. Art
6. 2000-2099
7. United States
8. Wealth
9. Homosexuality in art
10. Upper class in art
11. Nigerians > Portraits
12. Nigerians > In art
13. Art, Modern > 21st century
14. Figurative art, American > 21st century
15. Drawing, American > 21st century
16. African American women artists > United States
17. Odutola, Toyin, 1985- > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Art.
2. Interviews.
3. Pictorial works.

Contents

1. Foreword / Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels -- Taking up heirs / Toyin Ojih Odutola -- What would we be like if racism never existed? / Zadie Smith -- A matter of fact -- To wander determined -- Testing the name -- Scenes of exchange -- When legends die -- Toyin Ojih Odutola : museum of the African Diaspora / Leigh Raiford -- Toyin Ojih Odutola : by her design / Rujeko Hockley, Melinda Lang -- Toyin Ojih Odutola : testing the name / Logan Lockner -- Toyin Ojih Odutola : when legends die / Amber Jamilla Musser -- There is no story that is not true: an interview with Toyin Ojih Odutola / Osman Can Yerebakan -- Studio.

Call number

1. Sc+ G 21-76

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (page 247).

Author

1. Odutola, Toyin, 1985- artist, author, interviewee.

Title

1. The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi / Toyin Ojih Odutola.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Rizzola Electa, 2021.

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (page 247).

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Bellorado-Samuels, Joeonna, writer of foreword.
2. Smith, Zadie, contributor.
3. Raiford, Leigh, contributor.
4. Hockley, Rujeko, contributor.
5. Lang, Melinda, contributor.
6. Lockner, Logan, contributor.
7. Musser, Amber Jamilla, contributor.
8. Yerebakan, Osman Can, interviewer.

ISBN

1. 0847870677 (hardcover)
2. 9780847870677 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. Sc+ G 21-76