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Ruby onyinyechi amanze.
Each figure has its own birth and origin.
The figures initially came about between 2012 and 2013 while i was in nigeria.
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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.
They have evolved since then but mostly maintain a consistent form.
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 creates spirited and fluid worlds with her drawings and works on paper.
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This is an edited transcription of my conversation with ruby onyinyechi amanze at tiwani contemporary 21 february 2015.
We are unnamed but the loveliest.
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.
66 5 x 74 inches.
Part ii hello ada and audre.
Ruby onyinyeche amanze embraced 183 2020.
In parts runs through to 28 march 2015.
The beginning and the beginnings parallel.
The conversation was preceded by a live performance between ruby amanze and wura natasha ogunji.
Her art draws inspiration from photography textiles architecture and print making.
2 of 17 swimming pools divers 2020 ink photo transfers graphite gouache acrylic on paper.
That was important to me at the time because in nigeria i felt like a local and a foreigner simultaneously.
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.
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.