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Amos has said, \"For me, a woman artist, to walk into the studio is a political act.\" The only female member of the 1960s black artists’ collective Spiral, Amos has addressed issues of racism, black culture, and feminism in paintings, prints, and textiles. In this investigation of hair as a corporeal sign of black female identity—the phrase \"your hair is your crown\" is suggested by the title—Amos weaves every tendril and strand into a richly textured abstraction.

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