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Laylah Ali: Drawing Power, Play, and Violence

Laylah Ali: Drawing Power, Play, and Violence

By Charlotte Seaman Contemporary artist Laylah Ali uses drawing in a distinct way, to depict scenes that are subtly less narrative, less violent, and more playful than those in her paintings. In this essay I will primarily discuss Ali’s 1998

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Laylah Ali: Drawing Power, Play, and Violence

Laylah Ali: Drawing Power, Play, and Violence

Contemporary artist Laylah Ali uses drawing in a way that is distinct and separate from her approach to painting, to depict scenes that are less narrative, less violent, and more playful than those in her paintings. In this paper I

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