Senga Nengudi, the Fetish, and the Urban Growth Machine in 1970s Los Angeles.

The article focuses on American visual artist Senga Nengudi's 1978 project "Ceremony for Freeway Fets", reimagines the urban landscape of Los Angeles, California, by engaging with city's geography from a perspective of the marginalized bodies within it. Topics include the use of public space & African cultural references in Nengudi's art; role of urban development and displacement in 1970s and the political commentary embedded in the notion of "fetishes" in relation to colonialism & capitalism.