Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Laylah Ali, from the "Power" episode in Season 3 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Power" premiered in September 2005 on PBS.
Working in extremely detailed paintings that take months to create, Laylah Ali combines cartoon and folkloric aesthetics to explore notions of ethnicity and social violence. In her studio, Ali demonstrates the tricky process of working with gouache on paper and speculates that the physiological effects of color and light on the eye may have real social effects.
Laylah Ali was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1968, and lives and works in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Learn more about the artist at: https://art21.org/artist/Laylah-Ali