With a particular focus on Black identity and conversations about race, her sharply tailored, finely detailed clothes intertwine traditional African craft techniques with references to figures like the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, the writer James Baldwin and the artist Theaster Gates and settings like the ballrooms of early 20th-century Harlem and the dance halls of 1970s Jamaica.
This week, an exhibition curated by Ms. Wales Bonner opened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The show, Spirit Movers, features over 40 works from the museum's collection and is part of MoMA's Artist's Choice series. Works from artists like Man Ray, Alexander Calder, and Betye Saar are included.
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