Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze Art

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Ruby onyinyechi amanze art. We are unnamed but the loveliest. Mutu in particular was the first contemporary reference that showed me a woman of african descent can make it in the art world. They have evolved since then but mostly maintain a consistent form. In her mixed media drawings ruby onyinyechi amanze who was born in nigeria grew up in the united kingdom and now lives in brooklyn meditates on hybridity and displacement.
1982 port harcourt nigeria is a philedelphia based artist of nigerian descent and british upbringing whose creative practices and processes focus on producing mixed media paper based drawings and works. She ll always hold that place of honor for me and no doubt for many others too. 66 5 x 74 inches. 2 of 17 swimming pools divers 2020 ink photo transfers graphite gouache acrylic on paper.
The conversation was preceded by a live performance between ruby amanze and wura natasha ogunji. 1 3 info info info. How did you come up with these figures and how would you describe their interaction. The figures initially came about between 2012 and 2013 while i was in nigeria.
Certain characters make regular appearances in your drawings like the astronaut and the leopard man. This is an edited transcription of my conversation with ruby onyinyechi amanze at tiwani contemporary 21 february 2015. Amanze is invested in the cross cultural communicative. In parts runs through to 28 march 2015.
Ruby onyinyechi amanze using the medium of drawing as a mode of inquiry in a world inhabited by aliens hybrids or ghosts. Ruby onyinyechi amanze b. The beginning and the beginnings parallel. Ruby onyinyechi amanze is a visual artist whose practice is primarily centered around drawing and works on paper.
Her art draws inspiration from photography textiles architecture and print making. Ruby onyinyechi amanze s hybrid drawings at frieze new york. Ruby onyinyechi amanze born 1982 is a brooklyn based nigerian british artist noted for drawings and works on paper which focus on cultural hybridity or post colonial non nationalism in addition to being an artist she has also worked as a teacher and curator. The exhibition ruby onyinyechi amanze.
In a non linear and open narrative her drawings explore space as a malleable construct the freedom to play as an of revolution and cultural hybridity or post colonial non nationalism as a mundane norm.