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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ayanah Moor (born 1973, Norfolk, Virginia, United States) is an American conceptual artist working in print, video, mixed media, and performance. She is also an Associate Professor of Art. Her work addresses contemporary popular culture by interrogating identity and vernacular aesthetics. She appropriates and revises existing material to invert and expand meaning. \"My work explores the way popular culture is an articulation of our desires, our fears, our fantasies,\" Moor has explained. \"I think I have always been sensitive to the need to self-define, because black people in America have historically been affected by the ways in which others have defined them. For me, to revise: is to act upon a history. It is both an acknowledgement of history, a critique of it, and an alternative view. I am intrigued by the social constructs of race, just as I am intrigued by gender and sexuality. In my work I often play upon notions that we think of as fixed, to invite new definitions.\"With regards to her role as an educator Moor, “would like young artists to trust their own voice more, and not look for their work to be praised by their elders as much. Sometimes it’s disheartening to hear students say they don’t know what to think about something, and always looking for a ‘right’ answer. I want younger artists to recognize their value, and express themselves accordingly“.Moor is currently a tenured Associate Professor, Printmedia, at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL [2014–present]. Her prior appointment was at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA [2014-07 Associate Professor of Art and 2007-01 Assistant Professor of Art]."@en }

• Ayanah_Moor abstract "Ayanah Moor (born 1973, Norfolk, Virginia, United States) is an American conceptual artist working in print, video, mixed media, and performance. She is also an Associate Professor of Art. Her work addresses contemporary popular culture by interrogating identity and vernacular aesthetics. She appropriates and revises existing material to invert and expand meaning. \"My work explores the way popular culture is an articulation of our desires, our fears, our fantasies,\" Moor has explained. \"I think I have always been sensitive to the need to self-define, because black people in America have historically been affected by the ways in which others have defined them. For me, to revise: is to act upon a history. It is both an acknowledgement of history, a critique of it, and an alternative view. I am intrigued by the social constructs of race, just as I am intrigued by gender and sexuality. In my work I often play upon notions that we think of as fixed, to invite new definitions.\"With regards to her role as an educator Moor, “would like young artists to trust their own voice more, and not look for their work to be praised by their elders as much. Sometimes it’s disheartening to hear students say they don’t know what to think about something, and always looking for a ‘right’ answer. I want younger artists to recognize their value, and express themselves accordingly“.Moor is currently a tenured Associate Professor, Printmedia, at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL [2014–present]. Her prior appointment was at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA [2014-07 Associate Professor of Art and 2007-01 Assistant Professor of Art].".