ISBN:
9780938989363
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0938989367
Language:
English
Pages:
167 S
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zahlr. Ill
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29 cm
DDC:
709.2
Keywords:
Wangechi Mutu Exhibitions
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Wangechi Mutu Interviews
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Women, Black, in art Exhibitions 21st century
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Art, Kenyan Exhibitions
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Art, Modern Exhibitions 21st century
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Multimedia (Art) Exhibitions 21st century
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Collage 21st century
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Collage Exhibitions 21st century
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Social problems in art Exhibitions 21st century
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Women artists, Black 21st century
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Malerei
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Zeichnung
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Aktionskunst
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Installation
Abstract:
"This richly illustrated full-color catalog accompanies the first major solo museum exhibition and most comprehensive survey of the artist Wangechi Mutu's work, on view at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University from March 21, 2013, through July 21, 2013, before traveling to the Brooklyn Museum. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1972, and now based in Brooklyn, Mutu renders the complex global sensibility of the early twenty-first century through a distinctly hybrid aesthetic. She combines found materials and magazine cutouts with sculpture and painted imagery, sampling from sources and phenomena as diverse as African traditions, international politics, the fashion industry, and science fiction. In her work, Mutu marries poetic symbolism with sociopolitical critique to explore issues of gender, race, war, colonialism, and, particularly, the exoticization of the black female body. The many images included in Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey highlight the most important and iconic works that Mutu has created since the mid-1990s, as well as portray new collages, drawings, videos, and site-specific installations. The catalog also offers an intimate look into her sketchbooks and includes an interview with the artist conducted by the exhibition's curator, Trevor Schoonmaker. Essays by Schoonmaker, the art historian Kristine Stiles, and the critic, musician, and producer Greg Tate are paired with an illustrated chronology of Mutu's work."--Publisher's website
Description / Table of Contents:
A fantastic journey / Trevor SchoonmakerWangechi Mutu's family tree / Kristine Stiles -- The Gikuyu mythos vs. the Cullud grrl from out of space, a Wangechi Mutu feature / Greg Tate -- A conversation / Wangechi Mutu and Trevor Schoonmaker -- A fantastic journey at the Nasher Museum of Art -- Wangechi Mutu : selected biography -- Contributors -- Exhibition checklist.
Note:
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 21st March, 2013-21st July, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references
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