Sprüth Magers

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are honored to present an exhibition by Senga Nengudi at the New York gallery that illuminates in-depth, for the first time, an important body of work created by the artist while working in New York in the early 1970s. Between the time of her celebrated Water Compositions (1969–71) and nylon R.S.V.P. sculptures (mid-1970s onward), Nengudi was immersed in her Spirit Flags. These evocative works comprise boldly colored fabrics cut into the form of human-sized silhouettes, which Nengudi then affixed with ropes to the walls and edges of rooms, and even staged outdoors in alleyways and across fire escapes. As the sculptures pick up currents and breezes, they move, animated both physically and in spirit.