- Wangechi Mutu
Wangechi Mutu (b.1972,
Nairobi ,Kenya ) is an artist who lives and works in New York. She moved to New York in the 1990s to studyanthropology andfine art atCooper Union (BFA, 1996), andYale University (MFA, 2000). [http://www.sfmoma.org/press/pressroom.asp?arch=y&id=260&do=events SFMOMA presents new work by Wangechi Mutu] , SFMOMA press release, 11/2/2005]She creates painted and
collage d images of female figures, first painting outline images on PET film, then adding detail with photographic fragments of idealised women collected from print magazines.The figures generally feature grotesque distortions of form and skin texture, which critics read as commentary on a variety of feminist and racial issues ("of the history of women's representation, of cultural migration, global identity; of a litany of historical violence and destruction; of colonial legacies, exoticism and voyeuristic fascination"). [ [http://artsouthafrica.com/?article=139 Afro-Alien Exquisite Corpses] , Tracy Murnik, Art South Africa v5.1, October 2006]
Mutu’s work has exhibited internationally at galleries and museums including the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , theMiami Art Museum ,Tate Modern in London, theStudio Museum in Harlem in New York,Kunstpalast Dusseldorf in Germany, and theCentre Pompidou in Paris. She participated in the 2004Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. Her work has been featured in several major exhibitions including "Greater New York" at theP.S.1 Contemporary Art Center andThe Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Black President" at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and the Barbican in London, and "USA Today" atThe Royal Academy in London.She is represented by
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York,Susanne Vielmetter in Los Angeles andVictoria Miro Gallery in London.References
External links
* [http://sikkemajenkinsco.com/wangechimutu.html Wangechi Mutu] , Sikkema Jenkins
* [http://www.vielmetter.com/artists/Mutu/wangechi_mutu.htm Wangechi Mutu] , Susanne Vielmetter
* [http://www.artnet.com/awc/wangechi-mutu.html Wangechi Mutu catalogue in artnet's "Artist Works Catalogues"]
* [http://x-traonline.org/past_articles.php?articleID=147 Poco a Go-Go] "Exhibition review by David Hatcher in" X-TRA : Contemporary Art Quarterly
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