11 October 2013-9 March 2014
Wangechi Mutu at Brooklyn Museum
“A Fantastic Journey” is the first U.S. survey of Kenyan-born and Brooklyn-based artist Wangechi Mutu. Mutu’s work “scrutinizes globalization by combining found materials, magazine cutouts, sculpture, and painted imagery.” She is perhaps best known for her collages depicting female figures that combine human, animal, plant and machine, which she places in fantastical landscapes. This exhibition presents over 50 works, including large-scale collage, video, sketchbook drawings, a site-specific wall drawing, and sculptural installations. “A Fantastic Journey” was organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and is presented in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Centre for Feminist Art on the 4th floor of the Brooklyn Museum.
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INFORMATION
Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn, New York 11238 USA
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Image:
Yo Mama
by Wangechi Mutu
59.125″x85″
ink, mica flakes, pressure-sensitive synthetic polymer sheeting, cut-and-pasted printed paper, painted paper, and synthetic polymer paint on paper
2003
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Courtesy the Brooklyn Museum, New York