Black Cross Worn Thin II
Date2012
Artist
Sonya Clark
(American artist, born 1967)
MediumPlastic combs, thread
Dimensions30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2012
Object number2012-1
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextSonya Clark uses a variety of unusual materials for her sculptures—beads, combs, and human hair being just a few. Black Cross Worn Thin II is part of the artist’s Comb Series, in which she relates hair type to race politics. The broken teeth of the woven combs represent a struggle and create, as the artist explains, “the music of a new order.”
