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Laylah Ali's Drawings Traveling to Two University Museums; Featured in New Monograph "Typology"
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Oct. 31, 2007 -- The exhibition "Laylah Ali: Drawings from the Typology Series" presents 23 selections of the artist's recent ink drawings. The show, first exhibited in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, is at the University of Iowa Museum of Art until Jan. 6, 2008 and will travel to the University of Arizona, for exhibit from Jan. 31 through March 23.
A catalogue of Ali's work titled "Typology," which includes a conversation between Laylah Ali and Kara Walker, will be released in November of 2007 and will be available for distribution through D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
http://www.artbook.com/
While the artist's earlier work delved into the moral and physical violence of the group, she has recently shifted her focus to the myriad ways in which identity manifests itself, such as clothing, hairstyle, skin color, and physical ability and limitations. This new direction will be explored in the "Drawings from the Typology series" exhibition. From a compositional standpoint, the level of obsessive intensity of Ali's mark making found in the new drawings departs from her previous gouache paintings for which she first became recognized in the late 1990s.
Ali's art has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MASS MoCA, 303 Gallery in New York, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space in Melbourne, Australia, amongst others.
In 2006, she was named one of the inaugural United States Artist Fellows, a program designed to provide private support for America's artists. In 2004, her work was included in the Whitney Biennial of American Art and was featured in the 50th Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition.
At Williams College, Ali teaches courses in drawing and in painting. She received her B.A. from Williams in 1991 and her M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1994. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
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A catalogue of Ali's work titled "Typology," which includes a conversation between Laylah Ali and Kara Walker, will be released in November of 2007 and will be available for distribution through D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
http://www.artbook.com/
While the artist's earlier work delved into the moral and physical violence of the group, she has recently shifted her focus to the myriad ways in which identity manifests itself, such as clothing, hairstyle, skin color, and physical ability and limitations. This new direction will be explored in the "Drawings from the Typology series" exhibition. From a compositional standpoint, the level of obsessive intensity of Ali's mark making found in the new drawings departs from her previous gouache paintings for which she first became recognized in the late 1990s.
Ali's art has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MASS MoCA, 303 Gallery in New York, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space in Melbourne, Australia, amongst others.
In 2006, she was named one of the inaugural United States Artist Fellows, a program designed to provide private support for America's artists. In 2004, her work was included in the Whitney Biennial of American Art and was featured in the 50th Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition.
At Williams College, Ali teaches courses in drawing and in painting. She received her B.A. from Williams in 1991 and her M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1994. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
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Founded in 1793, Williams College is the second oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts. The college's 2,000 students are taught by a faculty noted for the quality of their teaching and research, and the achievement of academic goals includes active participation of students with faculty in their research. Students' educational experience is enriched by the residential campus environment in Williamstown, Mass., which provides a host of opportunities for interaction with one another and with faculty beyond the classroom. Admission decisions are made regardless of a student's financial ability, and the college provides grants and other assistance to meet the demonstrated needs of all who are admitted. To visit the college on the Internet: www.williams.edu
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