Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze Art

Mutu in particular was the first contemporary reference that showed me a woman of african descent can make it in the art world.

Ruby onyinyechi amanze art.

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. Ruby onyinyechi amanze the ones that stayed online viewing room may 20 to june 10 2020. 66 5 x 74 inches. The beginning and the beginnings parallel.

This is an edited transcription of my conversation with ruby onyinyechi amanze at tiwani contemporary 21 february 2015. 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. The conversation was preceded by a live performance between ruby amanze and wura natasha ogunji. 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 figures initially came about between 2012 and 2013 while i was in nigeria. We are unnamed but the loveliest. In parts runs through to 28 march 2015.

Certain characters make regular appearances in your drawings like the astronaut and the leopard man. Ruby onyinyechi amanze using the medium of drawing as a mode of inquiry in a world inhabited by aliens hybrids or ghosts. She ll always hold that place of honor for me and no doubt for many others too. Ruby onyinyechi amanze is a visual artist whose practice is primarily centered around drawing and works on paper.

Amanze is invested in the cross cultural communicative. Her art draws inspiration from photography textiles architecture and print making. Part ii hello ada and audre. The artist creates nonlinear narratives in her drawings imagining alien beings inhabiting foreign landscapes.

1 3 info info info. Ruby onyinyechi amanze s hybrid drawings at frieze new york. How did you come up with these figures and how would you describe their interaction. An article by nkgopoleng moloi.

They have evolved since then but mostly maintain a consistent form.