Tag: senga nengudi

Senga Nengudi (b. 1943, Chicago, USA) merges sculpture, performance, and movement to explore the elasticity of the body and the spirit. Working with materials like pantyhose, sand, and nylon, she creates installations that stretch, sag, and breathe—forms caught between tension and release. Emerging from the 1970s Black avant-garde in Los Angeles, Nengudi’s practice bridges ritual and abstraction, transforming everyday materials into gestures of resilience and connection. Her work continues to speak of transformation—of bodies, identities, and the spaces they inhabit.