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Artist
Wangechi Mutu
b. 1972, Nairobi, Kenya · Kenyan-American · Based in Nairobi, Kenya & New York, USA
- MFA, Yale School of Art (2000)
- BFA, Cooper Union, New York (1996)
- Mixed-Media Collage on Mylar
- Cast Bronze Monumental Sculpture
- Soil & Mud Assemblage
Wangechi Mutu developed a distinctive practice from collaged female bodies assembled out of fashion imagery, medical illustrations, plants, machines and animal forms. Her work has expanded into sculpture, bronze, film and immersive installations that combine mythology, ecology, gender and postcolonial critique.
Collage; sculpture; video; installation
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Artist Films
Wangechi Mutu: Between the Earth and the Sky (SHORT)
Art2114 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2004–05Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors
- 2003Yo Mama
- 2006Cinderella Curse
- 2019The Seated I–IV
- 2020Crocodylus
- 2019Shavasana I
- 2019The NewOnes, will free Us
- 2017Water Woman
- 2013The End of eating Everything
- 2020MamaRay
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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