"Wangechi Mutu's powerful voice, urging us to reassess colonial legacies and societal power structures, will ring out loud to Bay Area audiences at the Legion of Honor" states Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco "This important new installation in the Fine Arts Museums' contemporary art program will remind us of the potential of art to challenge outdated narratives and uncover underlying truths."
Image credits:
WANGECHI MUTU, Water Woman, 2017 Bronze 36 x 65 x 70 in. (91.44 x 165.1 x 177.8 cm). Edition of three Photograph by David Regen.
WANGECHI MUTU, I am Speaking, Can you hear me?, 2020, Paper pulp, wood glue, soil, charcoal, bone, feathers, shells, wood, metal stands 22 1/8 x 32 1/2 x 14 1/8 in (overall). Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles, photograph by Robert Wedemeyer
WANGECHI MUTU, Shavasana II, 2019, Bronze. 84 x 59 x 10 in. Edition of 3. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery
"Wangechi Mutu's powerful voice, urging us to reassess colonial legacies and societal power structures, will ring out loud to Bay Area audiences at the Legion of Honor" states Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco "This important new installation in the Fine Arts Museums' contemporary art program will remind us of the potential of art to challenge outdated narratives and uncover underlying truths."
Image credits:
WANGECHI MUTU, Water Woman, 2017 Bronze 36 x 65 x 70 in. (91.44 x 165.1 x 177.8 cm). Edition of three Photograph by David Regen.
WANGECHI MUTU, I am Speaking, Can you hear me?, 2020, Paper pulp, wood glue, soil, charcoal, bone, feathers, shells, wood, metal stands 22 1/8 x 32 1/2 x 14 1/8 in (overall). Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles, photograph by Robert Wedemeyer
WANGECHI MUTU, Shavasana II, 2019, Bronze. 84 x 59 x 10 in. Edition of 3. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery
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