Wangechi Mutu, Kenyan, born 1972, based in the United States
2008-72 a-h
Trained in both art and cultural anthropology, Mutu explores the fantasies and fears that attach themselves to women and people of color. Mutu is known primarily for collages such as Chorus Line, an amalgamation of watercolor and found photographs sampled from fashion, scientific, and ethnographic magazines. The female form in each of these eight collages has been subjected to considerable deformation, an effect that suggests violent abuse as well as exuberant jubilation. Mutu’s voluptuous, distended bodies are modeled on the Neolithic sculpture Venus of Willendorf as well as on Saartjie Baartman, an enslaved Khoikhoi woman from an area in today’s South Africa. Baartman’s owner traveled her throughout Europe, where she was subjected to humiliating public display, from 1810 until her death in 1815.
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Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, born 1972, based in the United States), Chorus Line, 2008. Watercolor and collage on paper; 36.2 x 27.9 cm (each), 78.7 x 132.1 cm. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2008-72 a-h)
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