The NewOnes, will free Us
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"The NewOnes, will free Us" is a monumental sculptural installation by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu, created for the façade of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and exploring themes of African futurism, femininity, and power.
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| The NewOnes, will free Us canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
public artwork
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sculptural installation ⓘ |
| artForm |
installation art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
decolonial aesthetics
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futurist reimagining of African identities ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Kenya
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United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Wangechi Mutu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorGender | female ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Kenyan-American ⓘ |
| depicts |
hybrid mythological beings
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seated female figures ⓘ |
| displayContext | outdoor public space ⓘ |
| exhibitionType | site-specific installation ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| inception | 2019 ⓘ |
| installedOn | façade of The Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| institutionalContext | encyclopedic art museum ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationBorough | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCountry | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| medium | bronze ⓘ |
| movement |
African futurism
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Afrofuturism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| museum | The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first commission for The Met’s Fifth Avenue façade
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presenting powerful Black female figures on The Met’s façade ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Met Facade Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scale | monumental ⓘ |
| siteSpecificTo | Fifth Avenue façade of The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Black women as guardians or sentinels ⓘ |
| theme |
African futurism
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femininity ⓘ future imaginaries ⓘ mythology ⓘ power ⓘ representation of Black women ⓘ |
| titlePunctuation |
includes a comma
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includes capitalization of NewOnes and Us ⓘ |
| unveiledIn | 2019 ⓘ |
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