“The Process as Art: In Situ” annoucement

1 12 2009

Senga Nengudi writes, “We created pieces in the gallery while onlookers came in and out of the gallery. We basically lived in the gallery. It was like an open lab. It was about process.”

In Situ announcement

Artist: Current repository: Collection of Senga Nengudi
Location: Just Above Midtown, Inc. Source: Senga Nengudi
Title: The Process As Art: In Situ Rights:
Medium: copy art Comments: An exhibition featuring Banerjee, Wendy Ward Ehlers, Susan Fitzsimmons, David Hammons, Senga Nengudi, Randy Williams, and Diana Wharton.  The exhibition was supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Dimensions: Date: September 19-October 14, 1979




“Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space” 1979

23 11 2009

Used with permission.

Used with permission.

Artist: Barbara McCullough, director Current repository:
Location: Source: Senga Nengudi
Title: Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflection on Ritual Space Rights:
Medium: Video transferred to MP4 Comments: A film by Barbara McCullough on ritual and art.  Features interviews with David Hammons, Houston Conwill, Kinshasha Conwill, Kenneth Severin, K. Curtis Lyle, Kamau Daa’ood, Betye Saar, and Senga Nengudi.  Also includes film of Senga Nengudi’s 1978 performance, Ceremony for Freeway Fets, a collaboration with David Hammons and Maren Hassinger.
Dimensions: Date: 1979