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Sonya Clark, Cotton to Hair, 2009; Bronze, human hair, and cotton, 14 ½ x 12 ½ x 5 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Sonya Clark; Photo by Lee Stalsworth
Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend
Digital exhibition at nmwa.org to June 27
On one level, some of Sonya Clark’s art is unassuming a ball of hair might not be seen as extremely political. But once placed in an exhibition with an unraveling Confederate battle flag, reconsidering the narrative of a ball of hair is necessary. Hair is natural to most people; most of us have it. It comes in various colors and textures, but what should be a basic aspect of identity is actually very charged. Though stories about natural hair are featured in television and print news today, the politicization of hair predates even these media inventions. When Africans were captured into slavery, their identities were stripped from them, including the sense of pride and notion
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Three Exhibitions Open at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in April
LINCOLN, Massachusetts
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Sonya Clark, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Woven replica of the Confederate Flag of Truce, 2019. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño
Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know
Lincoln, MA - deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is pleased to announce three new exhibitions, on view April 10 â September 12, 2021. Large-scale, immersive works by the textile artist Sonya Clark will be on view in Sonya Clark: Heavenly Bound, which Clark developed specially for deCordova, and Sonya Clark: Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know, organized by The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. Concurrent with both Sonya Clark presentations, the collection-based exhibition, What We Do in the Shadows, examines the dynamics of visibility and marginalization in political activism.