Umbono wofakelo. (© Carl Andre / Ilayisenisi yi-VAGA, eNew York, NY. Ifoto nguBill Jacobson Studio, eNew York. Ngesiqhelo iDia Art Foundation, eNew York)
Nxiba izihlangu ozithandayo Umboniso kaCarl Andre evula nje eDia: Beacon. Uya kuba ujonge kubo kakhulu. Ukusuka kwishishini likaMnu Andre lokujonga ibhodi yobhedu okanye iziqwenga zentsimbi kwimisebenzi engaqhelekanga efana I-Sand-Lime Instar (Ngo-1966), apho uhamba khona ngamalungiselelo asibhozo aphantsi ezitena ezimhlophe, ubude obuphakathi kwemisebenzi kumdlalo ujikeleze ii-intshi ezintathu, kwaye ukujonga kwakho kuhlala kugxile ezantsi.
Lo mboniso mkhulu, ekudala ulindelwe ubandakanya iminyaka engama-50 yomsebenzi kaMnu. Ayithethi ngebali lokulandelelana, kodwa kunoko abalondolozi u-Yasmil Raymond no-Philippe Vergne babeke ngobulumko imisebenzi ka-Andre kumalungiselelo afanelekileyo ngokomlinganiso kwiigalari zemyuziyam. (Ukuba kukho nantoni na, eminye imifanekiso eqingqiweyo ibonakala ngathi ayibalulekanga kwezi ndawo zinkulu). Ukongeza kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo engama-48, kukho malunga ne-100 yemisebenzi yokubhaliweyo.
Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaMnu. Andre yaqina ngokuqinileyo kubugcisa bemvelaphi yasemva kwemfazwe, kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo ubonile ukuphinda kuveliswe kwezinye zeziqwenga eDia. Kukho umbono Uxhathiso (Ngo-1966), Ishumi elinambini leCopper Corner (1975) kunye Iphiramidi (iSicwangciso seSikwere) (1959, remade 1970) -koko kugalari yokuqala kuphela. Ukwahluka apha bubukho bakho. Ubunzima bezinto zorhwebo zikaMnu Andre, kunye nemibongo elula yezinto ezicwangciswe kwiMinimal yakhe, into yento enye emva kwenye, ikhutshwa kakuhle kwisakhiwo semyuziyam, eyayisakuba ngumzi-mveliso. Ukuhamba ngaphesheya komsebenzi ka-Andre, njenge 46 Ukugquma kwamashumi amane (1988), umva ukutshintsha kwesinyithi phantsi kobunzima bakho. Ezinye iziqwenga zinuka okomthi emoyeni ophakamileyo ofumileyo. Ukuhamba ngamanye amaqhekeza, enziwe ngamalungiselelo ekhonkrithi okanye iibhloko zelitye eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kukhupha iichweba kunye neenqanawa zeenqanawa.
UDia ukwazisa ngemisebenzi engaqhelekanga. Umthamo wezibizo eziphindaphindayo kwizicatshulwa zika-Mnumzana Andre zika-1960-65 zibalisa ibali lobomi bakhe-uQuincy, Mass., 1950s eMelika, Andover, Brancusi, Hollis Frampton, Frank Stella- ezenza iibhloko zokwakha ukumiselwa ngokusesikweni kwezivakalisi. kunye neeleta kwiijometri ezimsulwa. Igumbi lokuvavanywa kombala wokuqala omangalisayo othathwe kwiphepha lakhe le-scrapbook libonisa ifuthe lobuchwephesha obutsha, kwaye kukho ukubonakaliswa kwesisa kweefoto zakhe kunye neencwadi zomculi. 
Umbono wofakelo. (© Carl Andre / Ilayisenisi yi-VAGA, eNew York, NY. Ifoto nguBill Jacobson Studio, eNew York. Ngesiqhelo iDia Art Foundation, eNew York)
Sivame ukucinga ngomsebenzi kaMnu Andre njengobugcisa beevenkile, kodwa imifanekiso emincinci efana nayo Iyure Rose (1959), ipiramidi ebomvu ye-hourglass inyathela kwipine, okanye Ibala leGolide (1966), isikwere esincinci segolide, kuvavanya umda weprojekthi yakhe ngombala oqaqambileyo okanye izinto zexabiso. Kwigalari ekumgangatho ongaphantsi, uMnu.Andre kunqabile ukuba abone iiDada Forgeries zibonisa ubuchopho bakhe basekunene emsebenzini. Umnxeba kwisitya samanzi, okanye i-baguette egugileyo ngohlobo lomfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaRodin phantsi kwesiciko sesonka samasi, utyhila ubundlobongela bokulwa nobukrelekrele bokulungiselela okwenziwe nguDuchamp.
Kodwa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo ephezulu isesona senzo sakhe sodumo. Iinyoka zombhobho ezinomhlwa ecaleni kukaDia. Iileyibhile zentsimbi ezinokuthambeka kwiimo zentloko yefiddle. Imisebenzi yamva isesikweni ngakumbi kwaye isebenzisa izinto ezizezobutyebi: 44 Iindlela ezintathu zeCarbon Copper (2005) okanye 9 x 27 Unxantathu weNapoli (2010) yandisa, injengechibi, kwisithuba, twokugqibela ujongeka njengechibi lokubonisa kwigadi yaseFrance.Umnumzana Andre wayeka ukwenza umsebenzi omtsha ngo-2010, kodwa ngo-Dia, waphinda wenza umfanekiso oqingqiweyo ongaphandle owenziwe nge-bales hay-ubukho bayo babangela ukuba inkosikazi yakhe, u-Ana Mendieta, imifanekiso yomzimba wakhe yasemhlabeni kunye nokufa kwakhe ngaphambi kwexesha.
Abalondolozi bakaDia benza ityala kwezopolitiko, u-Andre olinganayo-indoda eyayiqhekeza izinto zayo esitalatweni, igcisa elineeprojekthi ezazisoloko zitshatyalalisiwe kwaye zingakhange ziphathe ixabiso elikhulu lezinto ezibonakalayo. Emehlweni abo, ungumntu oguqukayo othathe indlela yokuqonda into eqingqileyo ebuyela kwiingcambu zekhola yakhe eblue. Ukanti uAndre akadingi ukuba nezopolitiko ezibalaseleyo, okanye nokuba nobuntu obulungileyo, ukuze ubugcisa bakhe bubaluleke. Ngokunikwa imeko yokutya kwimizi-mveliso yethu eyayikhula kakuhle, ukubuyela umva kunokubonwa ngokulula njenge-elegy kumzi-mveliso waseMelika: intsimbi, itoti, ialuminiyam, izitena kunye nekhonkrithi evusa umzi-mveliso kunye nomsebenzi wasenqanaweni ngenqanawa yokubhala .
(Ngo-Matshi 2, 2015)
