Wangechi Mutu : i am speaking, are you listening?

Publié par DAP ARTBOOK, le 02 novembre 2021

176 pages

Résumé

Wangechi Mutu takes viewers on journeys of material, psychological and sociopolitical transformation, this volume explores her most recent groundbreaking work. Over the past two decades, Mutu has created chimerical constellations of powerful female characters, hybrid beings and fantastical landscapes. With a rare understanding of the need for powerful new mythologies beyond simple binaries and stereotypes, Mutu breaches common distinctions between human, animal, plant and machine.An artist who calls both Nairobi and New York City home, Mutu moves voraciously between cultural traditions to challenge colonialist, racist and sexist worldviews with her visionary projection of an alternate universe informed by Afrofuturism, posthumanism and feminism.This dazzling book accompanies a presentation of Mutu's new work on view at the Legion, along with a greater selection from her landmark oeuvre. It is the most comprehensive book on the artist to date.

Rina Banerjee 2006-2015

Wangechi Mutu : i am speaking, are you listening?

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