Senga Nengudi
Populated Air
- 2025 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Art (Adult Nonfiction)
When Senga Nengudi’s sculptural installation RSVP debuted at Just Above Midtown in 1977, the works quickly became icons of the Black Arts movement. During her career spanning five decades, Nengudi has realized a remarkable body of work that blurs the boundaries between sculpture and performance, fine art and ritual, individual authorship and collective energy. Made of everyday materials, Nengudi’s installations are at once proxies for bodies and sites for performance.
