Kenya - Art & Politics in Africa

AFRS 2251 - ARTH 2360

BEDROOM MASKS

Fragmentations of female body parts in provocative positions layered on top of images of African masks. — Wangechi Mutu, Bedroom Masks, 2011.

Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan
Bedroom Masks
2011
Media printed paper collage on postcard
New York

Face Walker

A shadowy neck and face emerging from the upper left corner of the page transforms into five figures. The central figure is a white female dressed in bikini with four Maasai women in traditional clothing. There is pregnant white women in a wedding dress at the base of the neck.. — Wangechi Mutu, Face Walker, 2011.

Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan
Face Walker
2011
Acrylic, watercolor, ink and printed paper collage on paper
New York