Work of the Week: Yo Mama by Wangechi Mutu
As part of Wangechi Mutu’s mid-career review at the Nasher Museum - A Fantastic Journey - the artist discusses her career trajectory and the importance of collage in contemporary art with Nasher Museum curator Trevor Schoonmaker. In this podcast, Wangechi talks about her diptych, Yo Mama, that she created 10 years ago.
“The power for me in this is to keep the figure, the story of female, in the center.” -Wangechi Mutu
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Podcast by J CaldwellImage: Wangechi Mutu, Yo Mama, 2003. Ink, mica flakes, pressure-sensitive synthetic polymer sheeting, cut-and-pasted printed paper, painted paper, and synthetic polymer paint on paper; overall: 59 1/8 x 85 inches… MORE
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