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EXCLUSIVE: In her Williamstown, MA studio, artist Laylah Ali discusses her system of organizing newspaper clippings, which includes photographs of swimmer Michael Phelps, soldiers, and American flags.
Laylah Ali creates gouache-on-paper paintings that take her many months to complete. Ali meticulously plots out in advance every aspect of her work, from subject matter to choice of color, achieving a high level of emotional tension in her paintings as a result of juxtaposing brightly colored scenes with dark, often violent subject matter.
![ali-untitled-1999 "Untitled" 1999 Gouache on paper, 8 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches Courtesy Miller Block Gallery, Boston](https://magazine.art21.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ali-untitled-1999.jpg)
Laylah Ali. "Untitled," 1999. Gouache on paper, 8 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Courtesy Miller Block Gallery, Boston
VIDEO: Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera: Joel Shapiro. Sound: Tom Bergin. Editor: Jenny Chiurco. Artwork courtesy: Laylah Ali.
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