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Born 1972 Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Known for: Large-scale figurative collage, scupture, videos, feminist themed work.
Living in Brooklyn, Wangechi Mutu was raised in Nairobi, Kenya and came to the United States when she was age 19. She is a collage artist, painter and sculptor of site-specific installations. Her... Read full biography
Living in Brooklyn, Wangechi Mutu was raised in Nairobi, Kenya and came to the United States when she was age 19. She is a collage artist, painter and sculptor of site-specific installations. Her subjects usually focus on human behavior and often depict African-American women with a disturbing... Read full biography
Living in Brooklyn, Wangechi Mutu was raised in Nairobi, Kenya and came to the United States when she was age 19. She is a collage artist, painter and sculptor of site-specific installations. Her subjects usually focus on human behavior and often depict African-American women with a disturbing twist to many viewers. Her work has been described as looking like a "living junkyard surrounded by a swarm of butterflies. the decorative nature of Mutu's figures is at odds with the smaller, grotesque... Read full biography
Living in Brooklyn, Wangechi Mutu was raised in Nairobi, Kenya and came to the United States when she was age 19. She is a collage artist, painter and sculptor of site-specific installations. Her subjects usually focus on human behavior and often depict African-American women with a disturbing twist to many viewers. Her work has been described as looking like a "living junkyard surrounded by a swarm of butterflies. the decorative nature of Mutu's figures is at odds with the smaller, grotesque pieces they are made of.". Source:. Carmela Ciuraru, ARTnews, November 2004, p. 116... Read full biography
Living in Brooklyn, Wangechi Mutu was raised in Nairobi, Kenya and came to the United States when she was age 19. She is a collage artist, painter and sculptor of site-specific installations. Her subjects usually focus on human behavior and often depict African-American women with a disturbing twist to many viewers. Her work has been described as looking like a "living junkyard surrounded by a swarm of butterflies. the decorative nature of Mutu's figures is at odds with the smaller, grotesque pieces they are made of.". Source:. Carmela Ciuraru, ARTnews, November 2004, p. 116... Read full biography
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Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Chronology
- •Early 21st Century
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, Alabama
- •Site Santa Fe