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Wangechi Mutu

Kenyan Artist

Born: Jun 22, 1972

About Me People Time Work You

Related authors: Andy Warhol Claude Monet Edvard Munch Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Pablo Picasso Salvador Dali Vincent Van Gogh

My works tends to be erotic. Wangechi Mutu

Tends Works

I've always loved the idea that you think you know what you're looking at from a distance, yet when you come up close, it gets intricate and nutty and obscene and provocative. Wangechi Mutu

You Looking Think Distance Nutty Intricate Obscene Idea Come Know Always Up Provocative Close Gets Loved

I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame. Wangechi Mutu

Art Flame Believe Like Passing Connection

We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all these amazing things in terms of our knowledge base and technology, and now we're flying around and using the Internet. But we're still very animalistic. Wangechi Mutu

Nature Knowledge Technology Amazing Perspective Internet Long Beast Our Flying Animalistic Terms Became Around Scientific Still Amazing Things Lot Very Done Sapiens Using Base Now Things Homo Homo Sapiens

Gold and precious gems are, in many places, the one form of wealth a woman can use to protect and enhance herself within the elaborate structure of patriarchy. Wangechi Mutu

Woman Wealth Herself Gems Structure Protect Within Precious Gold Patriarchy Form Elaborate Places Use Many Enhance

I am inspired and affected by Aspen, the light and the landscape and the natural world. Wangechi Mutu

Natural World Light Inspired Am Affected Landscape Aspen Natural World

When I'm making a collage, there are a lot of things about it that are violent. Wangechi Mutu

Collage About Making Lot Things Violent

I'm big into multifunctional clothing. Wangechi Mutu

Big Clothing

While I was a student at The Cooper Union, they discouraged too much of a focus on any one medium, and it helped me try new and different things. Wangechi Mutu

Me Try Too Much Focus Discouraged Too Medium Student New Any Different While Much Union Helped Different Things Cooper Things

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything. Wangechi Mutu

Hope Change Power Imagination Everything Kids See

When certain things reach a tipping point, and you know people's lives are in danger, you have to decide that it's time to speak up, and you have to say something loud and clear. Wangechi Mutu

Time You People Speak Danger Say Something Point Clear Reach Know Up Loud Tipping Decide Certain Certain Things Lives Things

I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real place, because that's not what I was able to do, meaning go home or be home. Wangechi Mutu

Time Home Thinking Spent Able About Feel Like Because Real Opposed Go Go Home Lot Real Place Place Meaning Imagining

In 'National Geographic,' you always saw pictures of tribal Africa. And here I am, sitting in Nairobi in our suburban house, watching TV and thinking, 'Why is it always going to be these tribal people 'that are the ambassadors of our image? Wangechi Mutu

You People Tribal National Thinking Our Saw TV Pictures House Always Geographic Am Ambassador National Geographic Sitting Going Africa Suburban Why Image Here Watching Watching Tv

I think there is something about countries and nations that is hard to define. And, in fact, that's probably why we create such massive boundaries - because it's so slippery where they begin and where they end. Wangechi Mutu

Think Define Slippery About Something Fact Boundaries Countries Massive Because End Begin Nations Where In Fact Create Hard Why

Being taught to despise your body is being taught to perhaps admire someone else's body more than yours - being taught that your body is good for certain things and not for others. Wangechi Mutu

Good Others Else Despise Admire Someone More Perhaps Than Taught Being Certain Body Your Your Body Certain Things Yours Things

Often, there's an emphasis in my work, and it's sort of the celebrating of the body. Wangechi Mutu

Work Emphasis Sort Celebrating Often Body

One of the things I'm interested in is not just women but the female qualities that are present in everyone. Wangechi Mutu

Women Everyone One Of The Things Qualities Female Just Interested Things Present

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