Hugo Boss Prize 2018: Simone Leigh

Simone Leigh, Hugo Boss Prize 2018 winner, works in sculpture, video, and socially engaged performance and programming. Leigh’s oeuvre extends from her research in the fields of ethnography, political history, feminism, and folklore. 

The artist’s social-practice projects place black female subjectivity at their center, with a focus on notions of community, healing, and self-care. The artist’s sculptures and installations, which often make symbolic reference to the black body, utilize vernacular materials associated with Africa and its diaspora to address collective histories.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.