Wangechi Mutu: A Shady Promise

Wangechi Mutu: A Shady Promise
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"Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body," states Kenyan-born, New York-based artist Wangechi Mutu, the subject of this highly anticipated first monograph. In recent years Mutu's work has become increasingly sought-after in the international art world, making high-profile appearances at the important art fairs and auctions. What makes her interesting, however, is her fierce and contemporary use of the well-worn medium of collage. Mutu deals with female and cultural identity in large-scale figurative pieces constructed from found and drawn imagery. Her figures are freakish and erotic hybrids of the primitive, contemporary and post-human. These sometimes garish, diseased, ravaged and distorted figures are made from seductive or silly materials like glossy fashion magazine pictures, glitter or fun fur. They refer to colonial history, contemporary African politics, the history of art and fashion--in often quite irreverent ways. Mutu's own diverse history--she has studied both anthropology and sculpture and has lived in Nairobi, Wales, New York and New Haven, where she received her MFA from Yale University in 2001--seems a likely source for her manifold concerns. This volume surveys Mutu's work to date.
Country USA
Brand Damiani Editore
Manufacturer Damiani
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 100 col ills
UnitCount 1
EANs 9788862080217
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Damiani Editore
Manufacturer	Damiani
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	100 col ills
UnitCount	1
EANs	9788862080217
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Wangechi Mutu: A Shady Promise

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