Howardena Pindell: Autobiography

The Autobiography series reflects a difficult but formative period for Pindell. In 1979, a car accident left theartist with acute memory loss. The crash, and her subsequent rehabilitation, literalized a metaphorical process of destruction and reconstruction she had begun exploring in her work of the preceding decade, cutting andsewing strips of canvas into swirling patterns, then building up the surfaces in elaborate stages.