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Born 1968 Buffalo, New York. Known for: Flat form abstract painting, social issue genre.
An exhibition of her work was held fall, 1998 in Boston at Miller Block Gallery. She does small-scale gouache paintings of colored forms suggesting cheerful wallpaper, but they disguise darker, more... Read full biography
An exhibition of her work was held fall, 1998 in Boston at Miller Block Gallery. She does small-scale gouache paintings of colored forms suggesting cheerful wallpaper, but they disguise darker, more complex meanings of happy people doing unspeakable things to each other. Many of her figures wear... Read full biography
An exhibition of her work was held fall, 1998 in Boston at Miller Block Gallery. She does small-scale gouache paintings of colored forms suggesting cheerful wallpaper, but they disguise darker, more complex meanings of happy people doing unspeakable things to each other. Many of her figures wear black eye-masks, and skin color is always brown, suggesting anonymity and the blurring of distinctions between good guys and bad guys.... Read full biography
An exhibition of her work was held fall, 1998 in Boston at Miller Block Gallery. She does small-scale gouache paintings of colored forms suggesting cheerful wallpaper, but they disguise darker, more complex meanings of happy people doing unspeakable things to each other. Many of her figures wear black eye-masks, and skin color is always brown, suggesting anonymity and the blurring of distinctions between good guys and bad guys. ---------------------------------------------------------------------. The following is from a review:. BOSTON.- The Institute of Contemporary Art presents "Laylah Ali: 2000 ICA . Artist Prize", on view through July 1, 2001. Laylah Ali has become known in . recent years for her small gouache paintings that feature... Read full biography
An exhibition of her work was held fall, 1998 in Boston at Miller Block Gallery. She does small-scale gouache paintings of colored forms suggesting cheerful wallpaper, but they disguise darker, more complex meanings of happy people doing unspeakable things to each other. Many of her figures wear black eye-masks, and skin color is always brown, suggesting anonymity and the blurring of distinctions between good guys and bad guys. ---------------------------------------------------------------------. The following is from a review:. BOSTON.- The Institute of Contemporary Art presents "Laylah Ali: 2000 ICA . Artist Prize", on view through July 1, 2001. Laylah Ali has become known in . recent years for her small gouache paintings that feature cartoon-like, . round-headed figures. These pastel-colored characters are depicted in . ambiguous scenarios suggestive of racial subj... Read full biography
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- Review of ExhibtionsMay 2005Art in America EditorsArt in America
- Electoral CollageSeptember 2004Editors, ArtforumARTFORUM
- ArtworldDecember 2003Cash, Stephanie & Ebony, DavidArt in America
- Report from Houston-Learning fromOctober 2003Colpitt, FrancesArt in America
- FreestylingSeptember 2001Valdez, SarahArt in America
- Review of ExhibitionsOctober 1998Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America