Blind Dates "Smile" backside
| Artist: Senga Nengudi | Current repository: |
| Location: White Dog Performance Studio, New York | Source: Senga Nengudi |
| Title: Blind Dates | Rights: |
| Medium: text | Comments: Ephemera with a description of “Blind Dates” in the artist’s hand. |
| Dimensions: | Date: 1982 |
"Smile"
| Artist: Senga Nengudi | Current repository: |
| Location: White Dog Performance Studio, New York | Source: Senga Nengudi |
| Title: Blind Dates (Smile) | Rights: |
| Medium: copy art | Comments: Ephemera from Senga Nengudi’s performance, “Blind Dates” presented by Just Above Midtown Gallery, New York. Peformed at the White Dog Performance Studio, New York. |
| Dimensions: | Date: 1982 |
Senga Nengudi writes, “For this show I did an audio piece that was placed in the women’s bathroom. It was a provocative, rather sexual tape. The way it was placed women thought they were overhearing a real on the spot conversation.”
Carnival
| Artist: | Current repository: Collection of Senga Nengudi |
| Location: Kenkeleba Gallery, New York | Source: Senga Nengudi |
| Title: Announcement for “Carnival: Ritual of Reversal” | Rights: |
| Medium: copy art | Comments: Announcement for an exhibition featuring work by Terry Adkins, Candida Alvarez, Anthony Barboza, Leticia Barboza, Willie Birch, Juan Boza, Rolando Briseño, James Andrew Brown, Bernard Cameron, Maria Dominguez, Maren Hassinger, Cynthia Bawkins, Walter C. Jackson, Ben Jones, Curives Lorick, Pedro Lujan, Mary Malott, James McCoy, Tyrone Mitchell, Senga Nengudi, John Owen, Frank Parker, Alyson Pou, Jorge Luis Rodriguez, Christy Rupp, Alison Saar, Ken Tisa, and Randy Williams. Exhibition supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Dimensions: 29 x 15.5 cm | Date: March 31 – April 28, 1985 |
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 |
1981 poster
| Artist: Senga Nengudi, Butch Morris, and Cheryl Banks | Current repository: AAPAA |
| Location: 178-80 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013 | Source: Senga Nengudi |
| Title: A Collaborative Performance | Rights: |
| Medium: copy art | Comments: |
| Dimensions: | Date: February 7, 1981 |
Used with permission
1982. White Dog. New York, NY. Presented by Just Above Midtown Gallery. Sponsored by New York State Council and the NEA. Collaboration conceived and carried out by Blondell Cummings, Senga Nengudi, and Yasuno Tone.
| Artist: Senga Nengudi, Blondell Cummings and Yasuno Tone | Current repository: Collection of the Artist (Nengudi) |
| Location: | Source: Senga Nengudi |
| Title: “Blind Dates” Collaboration (Part #1) | Rights: |
| Medium: Video tranferred to MP4 | Comments: 982. White Dog. New York, NY. Presented by Just Above Midtown Gallery. Sponsored by New York State Council and the NEA. Collaboration conceived and carried out by Blondell Cummings, Senga Nengudi, and Yasuno Tone. |
| Dimensions: | Date: 1982 |
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