One Artist’s Melancholy Look at Missing African-American Women

LOS ANGELES- ” You have to take it in,” Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle said, standing in an exhibition room at the California African American Museum that features 100 of her drawings and seven of her panels pinned to walls.

She was wearing a one-piece saffron jumpsuit, along with a vibrant patterned blazer of Ankara fabric that was given to her by a Nigerian tailor. The ensemble contrasted with the subtlety of her work.

The images by Ms. Hinkle, who lives in California, are, at first glance, random intersections of curves. All are amorphous representation of bodies, some with dashes of color to accent certain parts.

But to whom do the bodies belong? Follow Ms. Hinkle’s instructions. Take it in, and you realize that…

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