Sentences with phrase «perming endpapers»

One of the earliest works in the show is Enter and Exit the New Negro (2001), a minimalist canvas made from perm endpapers — a material used in the straightening of African - American hair.

The applied scraps are perm endpapers used in hairdressing.

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Among the first papers he incorporated into his artworks were small rectangular tissues known as «endpapers», which, more usually, are folded over the ends of hair during the perming process.

A recipient of a 2009 MacArthur Foundation Award (known as the «genius grant»), Bradford uses found materials — peeling movie posters, homemade flyers, salvaged plywood, even the endpapers used to perm black hair — to create his vibrant, textured compositions.