The reclamation of Black hair in Nneka Kai’s ‘On Unstable Grounds’
Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel — hair, specifically Black hair, is the defining medium of Nneka Kai’s solo exhibition On Unstable Grounds at Day & Night Projects. The exhibition begins with The Signal is the Sign (2025). A nearly 6-foot sculpture composed of braided hair...
Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel — hair, specifically Black hair, is the defining medium of Nneka Kai’s solo exhibition On Unstable Grounds at Day & Night Projects. The exhibition begins with The Signal is the Sign (2025). A nearly 6-foot sculpture composed of braided hair...
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