Wangechi Mutu - Clark University

Discovering
Wangechi Mutu
Kaitlyn Chapman
Discover African Art
November 29, 2008
Double Fuse
Davis Museum, Wellesley College
2003
Ink and collage on Mylar
45” X 72”
“A Shady Promise”
pg. 74-75
Wangechi Mutu
Born: Nairobi, Kenya 1972
I.B. United World College
1991
BFA, Cooper Union, 1996
MFA, Yale University, 2000
Currently lives and works in
New York City
Mutu’s work deals with issues such as African politics,
cultural identity, colonial history, western fashion industry
and the effects these things have on the African woman
“A Shady Promise”
About the Work
identity crisis
issues with African
female body
ancient and futuristic
animal vs. robotic =
superhuman
“mutants”
“A Shady Promise”
pg. 74-75
The Pin-up
Series
“A Shady Promise”
pg. 65, 69, 74-75
The Hybrid
Series
“A Shady Promise”
pg. 74-75, 91
Hybrid
(continued)
“A Shady Promise”
pg. 74-75, 102
Martin Bulinya
“A Shady Promise”
pg. 74-75
<http://www.insideafricanart.com/Artists%20Main%
0Pages/Bulinya_Martin.htm>
Mutu Vs. Camp & Siopsis
http://www.clarku.edu/%7Ejborgatt/SMFA/papertopics.htm
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