{"id":501,"date":"2019-05-06T04:58:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T04:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/?p=501"},"modified":"2019-05-13T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:08:40","slug":"bedroom-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/women-and-gender-artists\/bedroom-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"BEDROOM MASKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-498\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2019\/05\/Bedroom-Masks.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-498 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2019\/05\/Bedroom-Masks-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fragmentations of female body parts in provocative positions layered on top of images of African masks.\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2019\/05\/Bedroom-Masks-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2019\/05\/Bedroom-Masks.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wangechi Mutu, <em>Bedroom Masks<\/em>, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Wangechi Mutu<br \/>\nKenyan<br \/>\n<em>Bedroom Masks<\/em><br \/>\n2011<br \/>\nMedia printed paper collage on postcard<br \/>\nNew York<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mutu invents her brand of feminism, conveying women\u2019s sensuality across cultural lines for personal enjoyment (Smith, 2009). Mutu redefines the politics of the female body by treating the parts of the body \u201clike a shell that can move around and create different reactions to empower yourself, or to disappear, or to transform\u201d(Mutu as quoted in Willis, 2014). In <em>BEDROOM MASKS<\/em>, Mutu pairs traditional African masks, some from Punu and Lipiko cultures, with images of models to urge for female sensuality beyond traditional female fertility. Mutu combines aspects of modern Western and traditional Ugandan identities to expose the constant distortion of the female body and ability. \u00a0Mutu uses collages to create faceless, disfigured bodies to encourage women to reclaim their bodies through their art and their dress (Mutu and Schoonmaker, 2013).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>References:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mutu,\u00a0Wangechi and Schoonmaker, Trevor. <em>Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey<\/em>. (Durham NC: Nasher Museum of Art. 2013).<\/li>\n<li>Smith, Nicole R. &#8220;Wangechi Mutu: Feminist Collage and the Cyborg.&#8221; <em>Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Theses Scholar Works<\/em>, Georgia State University, 2009.<\/li>\n<li>Willis, Deborah. \u201cWangechi Mutu Interview.\u201d <em>BOMB Magazine<\/em>, 24 Sept. 2014, bombmagazine.org\/articles\/wangechi-mutu\/.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Wangechi Mutu Kenyan Bedroom Masks 2011 Media printed paper collage on postcard New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":804,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,61,16],"tags":[64,53,62,63,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kenya","7":"category-wangechi-mutu","8":"category-women-and-gender-artists","9":"tag-collage","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-kenya","12":"tag-sensuality","13":"tag-womens-rights","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BEDROOM MASKS - Art &amp; 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