Wangechi Mutu / Adrienne Edwards, Courtney J. Martin, Kellie Jones, Chika Okeke-Agulu.
Contributor(s): Edwards, Adrienne (Art critic) [author of introduction, etc.]
| Jones, Kellie [writer of added commentary] | Okeke-Agulu, Chika [writer of added commentary] | Martin, Courtney J [interviewer] | Wangechi Mutu [interviewee].
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BookSeries: Contemporary artists: Publisher: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781838661649 (paperback); 1838661646 (paperback).Subject(s): Wangechi Mutu | Art, Kenyan -- 21st century | Performance art -- 21st century | African diaspora in art | Women, Black, in artDDC classification: 709.2 WAN | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.2 WAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 25/09/2026 | 00232197 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first monograph on the work of celebrated and influential Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu
Wangechi Mutu's remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world.
Her paintings, sculptures, and collages, often enriched with culturally-charged materials including tea, synthetic hair, Kenyan soil, feathers, and sand, interweave fact with fiction, generating a unique form of myth-making that sets her apart from classical history or popular culture.
This is the first book to document her evolution and explore her impact.
Includes bibliographical references (page 156-157).
Introduction: A thin place / Adrienne Edwards -- Interview : Courtney J. Martin in conversation with Wangechi Mutu -- Survey: Sirens: Wangechi Mutu pounds the alarm / Kellie Jones -- Focus: The end of eating everything / Chika Okeke-Agulu -- Studio visit -- Artist's writings -- Art, this old medicine, 2021 -- Chronology.
"Wangechi Mutu's remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world. Her paintings, sculptures, and collages, often enriched with culturally-charged materials including tea, synthetic hair, Kenyan soil, feathers, and sand, interweave fact with fiction, generating a unique form of myth-making that sets her apart from classical history or popular culture. This is the first book to document her evolution and explore her impact" - publisher's description.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Adrienne Edwards is Curator of Performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Courtney J. Martin is Director of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.
Kellie Jones is Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art in the Departments of Art History & Archaeology, and African American & African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
Chika Okeke-Agulu is Director of African Studies at Princeton University, New Jersey.