Ink photo transfers graphite gouache acrylic on paper i had a very difficult time thinking through and engaging with this work for a number of reasons one of which was an impulse to want to explain and offer up meaning in relation to the work.
Ruby onyinyechi amanze.
In terms of the.
We are unnamed but the loveliest.
They have evolved since then but mostly maintain a consistent form.
Her art draws inspiration from photography textiles architecture and print making.
In parts runs through to 28 march 2015.
The visual artist was born in port harcourt nigeria and spent her childhood in the uk before relocating to the us where she studied at the tyler school of art at temple university in philadelphia and the cranbrook academy of art in michigan.
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.
Each figure has its own birth and origin.
2 of 17 swimming pools divers 2020 ink photo transfers graphite gouache acrylic on paper.
Ruby onyinyechi amanze the ones that stayed online viewing room may 20 to june 10 2020.
Ruby onyinyeche amanze embraced 183 2020.
The beginning and the beginnings parallel.
Ruby onyinyechi amanze creates spirited and fluid worlds with her drawings and works on paper.
The conversation was preceded by a live performance between ruby amanze and wura natasha ogunji.
The figures initially came about between 2012 and 2013 while i was in nigeria.
66 5 x 74 inches.
Ruby onyinyechi amanze is a visual artist whose practice is primarily centered around drawing and works on paper.
Ruby onyinyechi amanze b.
1 3 info info info.
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.
That was important to me at the time because in nigeria i felt like a local and a foreigner simultaneously.
The exhibition ruby onyinyechi amanze.
This is an edited transcription of my conversation with ruby onyinyechi amanze at tiwani contemporary 21 february 2015.