Apr 12th 2011
Wangechi Mutu
@ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, April 12th, at 6PM
The work of Kenyan-born, New York-based artist Wangechi Mutu is a visceral response to her critiques of gender, culture, and mass media imagery. Exploring the female body as a site of engagement and provocation, Mutu’s work is frequently populated by hybrid figures that possess an almost abject beauty. She samples imagery from disparate sources—medical diagrams, fashion magazines, anthropology and botany texts, pornography, and traditional African arts. Her signature aesthetic utilizes tactile, fleshy surfaces to readily engage in her own unique form of myth-making, bringing physical and conceptual depth while making social and personal commentary.
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