Senga Nengudi: Sculpting Identity and Space Senga Nengudi (née Sue Irons; born September 18, 1943) is an African American visual artist and curator whose groundbreaking sculptures explore themes of gender, race, culture, and ethnicity. She stands as a pivotal figure in the Los Angeles Rebellion—a collective of Black artists who challenged artistic conventions and interrogated societal norms during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her w…