when I saw a rack of postcards with art that was incredible and very African-looking, but then when I turned over the postcard and saw that the artist was white, I thought, "What the heck?" Later I questioned why I responded that way. I thought about this issue of naming, and how we jump to conclusions based on the ethnicity of a name. Of course, if there is no name attached, then people just have to respond to the work in itself. But if it's work by someone named "Yamamoto" or "Rodriguez," there's immediately another filter that we put on to view it. The different names I use all have a personal thread related to them. I want it to be like Br'er Rabbit, trying to be the trickster, to play with things, and to make people look at things differently." --Senga Nengudi Exhibitions Nengudi has staged a large number of solo shows at galleries and museums in the United States and internationally. Her solo shows include Senga Nengudi (1971), California State University, Los Angeles; Vestige: The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus’ S.D. (1981), Just Above Midtown Gallery, New York; Warp Trance (2007), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Senga Nengudi: Improvisational Gestures (2015-2018), originating at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art; and Head Back & High: Senga Nengudi, Performance Objects (1976 – 2015) (2018), originating at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The artist has also participated in a wide array of group shows and exhibitions, including the 57th Venice Biennale (2017). Notable works in public collections Water Composition I (1970, refabricated 2019), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York R.S.V.P. (1975), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles R.S.V.P. Fall 1976 (1976, refabricated 2017), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago R.S.V.P. V (1976), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York R.S.V.P. X (1976, refabricated 2014), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Swing Low (1976, refabricated 2014), Los Angeles County Museum of Art Untitled (1976), Museum of Modern Art, New York Inside/Outside (1977), Brooklyn Museum, New York Internal I (1977, refabricated 2014), Whitney Museum, New York Internal II (1977, refabricated 2015), Tate, London Performance with "Inside/Outside" (1977), Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. R.S.V.P. I (1977, refabricated 2003), Museum of Modern Art, New York R.S.V.P. XI (1977, refabricated 2004), Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh R.S.V.P. Reverie-"B"