Nappyrootz Art

Amber Randall also addresses identity and memory.

“I always struggled with identity because I grew up in the suburbs, but I went to school in the hood,” Randall said. That experience drives Split Ends, one of the exhibition’s most powerful works. The central figure’s hair is pulled in multiple directions by the hands of unseen people. Randall explained that the hands represent workplace micro-aggressions and the pressure of determining “what type of hair would be appropriate in what setting” and “what type of accent would be appropriate in what setting.”