![]() The exhibition focuses on central themes-heritage, labor, language, and visibility-and emphasizes Clark’s astute ability to rework concepts and materials over time, pulling apart threads of ideas and mending them back together to create new layers of meaning. Early beaded and stitched pieces are paired with Clark’s more recent forays into mediums such as sugar and neon. The artist transmutes each of these everyday objects through her application of a vast range of fiber-art techniques: Clark weaves, stitches, folds, braids, dyes, pulls, twists, presses, snips, or ties within each object.įeaturing 100 works of art, Tatter, Bristle, and Mend spans the breadth of the artist’s career to date. ![]() ![]() This exhibition-the first survey of Clark’s 25-year career-includes the artist’s well-known sculptures made from black pocket combs, human hair, and thread as well as works created from flags, currency, beads, cotton plants, pencils, books, a typewriter, and a hair salon chair. 1967) is renowned for her mixed-media works that address race and visibility, explore Blackness, and redress history. Textile and social practice artist Sonya Clark (b. ![]()
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