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PUBLISHER
ICA Boston

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 8 x 8.25 in. / 36 pgs / 22 color

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Catalog: SPRING 2002

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ISBN 9780910663625 TRADE
List Price: $10.95 CAD $15.00

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Laylah Ali

Essay by Suzanne Wise. Introduction by Jessica Morgan.

The implicit violence, frozen narratives, and pared-down, comic-book aesthetic of Layla Ali's gouache-and-ink drawings present an ambiguous place where civilization and psychology meet. Psycho-political situations are suggested, but rarely acted out, by figures dressed in costumes derived from superhero wear and sports gear, garb reminiscent of outfits worn by the KKK, the Pope, and Coptic priests. Who are they? What are they doing? Their gender neutralized by unisex costumes, their race neutralized by green-colored skin, Ali has created a tight, contained, strangely compelling hand-drawn world in which questions are unanswerable, narratives refuse to go forward, and yet everything is eerily perfect.
Laylah Ali

LAYLAH ALI MONOGRAPHS + ARTIST'S BOOKS

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LAYLAH ALI: THE GREENHEADS SERIES

Williams College Museum of Art

ISBN: 9780913697306
USD $24.99
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 11/30/2012
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Laylah Ali: Types

LAYLAH ALI: TYPES

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

ISBN: 9780971219564
USD $10.00
| CAD $14.95 UK £ 9

Pub Date: 1/15/2005
Active | In stock