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Lexie’s Curl

Close up of Lexie’s Curl

Detached teeth from a black comb are strung together horizontally to create a long strand that twists in the middle and curls at the end.

Sonya Clark, Lexie’s Curl, 2012; Combs, 30 x 10 x 5 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Sonya Y.S. Clark; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Lexie’s Curl
Sonya Clark

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Sonya Clark

  • Title

    Lexie’s Curl

  • Date

    2012

  • Medium

    Combs

  • Dimensions

    30 x 10 x 5 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection

  • Photo Credit

    © Sonya Y.S. Clark; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Sonya Clark

Textile artist Sonya Clark interweaves craft, history, and race to create mixed-media works that celebrate blackness and address racial tensions and stereotypes.
A woman with medium-dark skin tone and short black hair smiles into the camera. She wears black glasses, a white and yellow knit top and gold earrings.