Sonya Clark

hair

Hairdressing is the first art made of fiber. The more elaborate the hairstyle, the more hat-life it becomes. These pieces play with fusion of hat and hairstyle. They reside in the grey area of wigs, hairstyles that seem to have taken over the hat, and hats that replace hairstyles.

“Her inventive use of forms and bright colors make this work a strong statement of cultural identity.”

—Monica Blackmun Visona, Michael Harris, et al
A History of Art in Africa