Bio:was born in Buffalo, New York in 1968. Received a BA from Williams College and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Her paintings resemble comic-book serials and American folk-art traditions. Her artwork contains
violent subject matter that speaks of political resistance, social relationships, and betrayal to political issues and current events. Her most famous series of paintings depicts the brown-skinned and gender-neutral Greenheads.
Her characters and scenes in her paintings have everyday objects like dodge balls, sneakers, and band-aids as well as hoods, robes, masks, and military-style uniforms. Laylah Ali has had a number of shows including:Museum of Modern Art (NY), Contemporary Art Museum (St. Louis).
Here is a video from PBS, You do need to jump to her section of the video.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1239603151
Connection to Social Justice: Her artwork is about people treating other people different based on their color. I believe she is using her artwork to portray real and common situations and put them into a point of view.
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