Contributions

  • Julien, Isaac, interviewer - Contributor
  • Wangechi Mutu, artist, author, interviewee - Contributor
  • Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.) - Contributor

Publication

2021 - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, California

Language

English

Word Count

39,750 words, Guess

Page Count

159 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101636810055
  • ISBN-139781636810058
  • OCLC Control Number1256542293
  • Better World Books9781636810058
  • Open LibraryOL43888080M

Classifications

  • DDC709.2
  • LCCN6537.W256 A4 2021
  • LCCN6537.M8A4 2021

Alternate Titles

  • I am speaking, are you listening?

Description

"Wangechi Mutu takes viewers on journeys of material, psychological and sociopolitical transformation; this volume explores her most recent groundbreaking work. Over the past two decades, Mutu has created chimerical constellations of powerful female characters, hybrid beings and fantastical landscapes. With a rare understanding of the need for powerful new mythologies beyond simple binaries and stereotypes, Mutu breaches common distinctions between human, animal, plant and machine. An artist who calls both Nairobi and New York City home, Mutu moves voraciously between cultural traditions to challenge colonialist, racist and sexist worldviews with her visionary projection of an alternate universe informed by Afrofuturism, posthumanism and feminism. This dazzling book accompanies a presentation of Mutu's new work on view at the Legion, along with a greater selection from her landmark oeuvre. It is the most comprehensive book on the artist to date."--Provided by publisher.

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