Nannette Acker Clark

My work is inspired by contemporary fiber and sculpture concepts, various cultural design traditions, and my personal experiences as an African American woman growing up in this country. After years of making realistic, figurative sculpture, I enrolled in graduate school and began working with fiber and mixed media. During this time I began utilizing strong colors, cross-cultural symbols and intricate patterns, and developed a new, very different style of sculpture.

My current body of work, entitled "Four Moments of the Sun" explores the connection between physical and spiritual communication. The series is divided into four parts that present my view of the spiritual stages of life as expressed by the Kongo People of Zaire. Dawn is the beginning, Noon the flourishing of life and the point of ascending power, Sunset the end of life, and Midnight the place where those who have lived well dwell until they return again, in the Dawn, as succeeding generations.