Wangechi Mutu visited the Nasher Museum during the installation her solo exhibition, Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey. Over the course of three days, the artist created a large drawing on the gallery entrance wall, entitled Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. In her work, she often combines found materials and magazine cutouts with sculpture and painted imagery, sampling from sources as diverse as African traditions, international politics, the fashion industry and science fiction.
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Wangechi Mutu works on a monumental entrance wall drawing, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Wangechi Mutu brings collage materials in preparation for her monumental entrance wall drawing, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Wangechi Mutu works on a monumental entrance wall drawing, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Wangechi Mutu works on a monumental entrance wall drawing, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Wangechi Mutu works on a monumental entrance wall drawing, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Wangechi Mutu works on a monumental entrance wall drawing, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End. Photo by J Caldwell.
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Wangechi Mutu, Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End, 2013. Mixed-media wall drawing, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. © Wangechi Mutu. Image courtesy of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
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Artist's tools. Photo by J Caldwell.
