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Artist
Senga Nengudi
b. 1943, Chicago, Illinois, USA · American · Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- MA, California State University, Los Angeles (1972)
- BA, California State University, Los Angeles (1967)
- Sculpture
- Performance
- Installation
Senga Nengudi developed a distinctive practice from nylon pantyhose, sand, performance and bodily tension. Her R.S.V.P. works, begun in the 1970s, stretch and knot hosiery into elastic sculptural forms activated by performers and viewers.
Sculpture; performance; installation
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Senga Nengudi, Linda Goode Bryant and the Just Above Midtown Gallery | TateShots
Major Works
- 1975R.S.V.P. I
- 1977R.S.V.P. Reverie A
- 1977R.S.V.P. X
- 1978Ceremony for Freeway Fets
- 1970Water Composition I
- 1970sStudio Z performances
- 1977Inside/Outside
- 1970sRépondez s’il vous plaît
- 1970sSandmining B
- 1997Wet Night – Early Dawn – Scat Chant – Pilgrim’s Song
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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