Artist Ayanah Moor: Disrupting Ready-Made Narratives

WDCB’s Gary Zidek catches up with Chicago-based artist Ayanah Moor.

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“The larger idea that I’m interested in, in the show, is about Blackness and love, and these are these big ideas, but I’m not necessarily taking a position. The freedom that I have to make work that is not reductive, or is not flattened to one idea, is something that I really aspire to do.” - Ayanah Moor talking about some of the large themes being explored in I WISH I COULD BE YOU MORE OFTEN.

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Ayanah Moor & CCMA curator Justin Witte observing DOUBLE NEGATIVE at Cleve Carney Museum of Art

Gender, race and language are among the themes explored in the new exhibition, I WISH I COULD BE YOU MORE OFTEN, currently on display at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art. It comes from artist Ayanah Moor. The Chicago-based artist’s work highlights contrasts, combining abstraction geometric shapes and sometimes vintage advertisements. 

SOMONE YOU KNOIW. 2018. Ayanah Moor

Ayanah Moor’s I WISH I COULD BE YOUR MORE OFTEN is on display at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art through April 10. You can find more information about the exhibit at theccma.org and check out Moor’s website at ayanah.com