Wangechi Mutu
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Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan-born, New York–based contemporary artist known for her multimedia collages and sculptures that explore themes of gender, race, colonialism, and the female body.
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| instanceOf |
collage artist
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contemporary artist → multimedia artist → person → sculptor → visual artist → |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award NERFINISHED → United States Artists Fellowship NERFINISHED → |
| birthPlace |
Nairobi, Kenya
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| commissionedBy |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| commissionedWork |
The NewOnes, will free Us
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| degree |
BFA from Cooper Union
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MFA from Yale University → |
| educatedAt |
Cooper Union
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Yale School of Art NERFINISHED → |
| exhibitedAt |
Brooklyn Museum
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Centre Pompidou NERFINISHED → Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED → Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED → Nasher Museum of Art NERFINISHED → San Francisco Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED → Studio Museum in Harlem NERFINISHED → Tate Modern NERFINISHED → Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED → |
| field |
collage
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contemporary art → installation art → sculpture → video art → |
| gender |
female
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| hasWorkInCollection |
Brooklyn Museum
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Centre Pompidou NERFINISHED → Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED → Nasher Museum of Art NERFINISHED → Tate NERFINISHED → Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED → |
| influencedBy |
African art
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fashion magazines → science fiction imagery → surrealism → |
| knownFor |
installation
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multimedia collages → sculpture → video works → |
| movement |
Afrofuturism
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contemporary African art → feminist art → |
| name |
Wangechi Mutu
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| nationality |
Kenyan
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| notableWork |
A Fantastic Journey
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Exhuming Gluttony: Another Requiem NERFINISHED → Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors NERFINISHED → In Two Canoe NERFINISHED → MamaRay NERFINISHED → Nguva na Nyoka NERFINISHED → Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End NERFINISHED → Shavasana I NERFINISHED → Shavasana II NERFINISHED → Suspended Playtime NERFINISHED → The NewOnes, will free Us → The Seated I NERFINISHED → The Seated II NERFINISHED → The Seated III NERFINISHED → The Seated IV NERFINISHED → Water Woman NERFINISHED → |
| residence |
New York City, United States
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| theme |
African diaspora
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body modification → hybrid female figures → mythology → postcolonial critique → science fiction → violence against women → |
| usesMedium |
bronze
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found materials → ink → magazine cutouts → organic materials → paint → video → |
| workFocus |
colonialism
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environmental issues → gender → identity → migration → race → the female body → |
Referenced by (1)
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The Phillips Collection
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