Major exhibition dedicated to Senga Nengudi opens in Philadelphia Installation view of the exhibition, Senga Nengudi: Topologies. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo by Timothy Tiebout, 2021. PHILADELPHIA, PA .-The Philadelphia Museum of Art is the only East Coast venue for a major traveling exhibition devoted to Senga Nengudi, a leading figure of the 1970s Black American avant-garde and a pioneering artist of our time. Marked by her innovative use of everyday materials that range from water and sand to pantyhose and air conditioning units, Nengudis work bridges the ...