Victoria Miro presents the gallery\u2019s second exhibition by Wangechi Mutu, widely known for her elaborate collages that explore and subvert cultural preconceptions of the female body and the feminine.<\/p>\n
Mutu\u2019s practice has been described as engaging in her own unique form of myth-making. This exhibition, Nguva na Nyoka (meaning \u201cSirens and Serpents\u201d in Kiswahili) presents Mutu’s latest body of collage, video and sculptural works. Drawing on such diverse references as East African coastal mythologies (particularly of nguvas, or water women), gender and racial politics, Western popular culture, Eastern and ancient beliefs and autobiography, in her works Mutu proposes worlds within worlds, populated by powerful hybridised female figures.<\/p>\n
Mutu\u2019s latest collage-paintings are defined by a shift away from her much-documented use of Mylar as a substrate to a use of vinyl and linoleum as the basis for the works, allowing for a more densely textured and sculptural ground. \u00a0Painterly techniques are employed alongside Mutu\u2019s signature construction of images comprised of deftly cut-out and collaged forms. In addition, Mutu\u2019s visual language is further enriched in these works by her use of unexpected materials such as tea, batik fabrics, synthetic hair, Kenyan soil, feathers, and sand, amongst other media \u2013 many of which are imbued with their own cultural significations.<\/p>\n
The \u00a0interweaving \u00a0of \u00a0fact \u00a0with \u00a0fiction \u00a0and \u00a0an \u00a0extension \u00a0of \u00a0the \u00a0possibilities \u00a0for \u00a0yet \u00a0another \u00a0group \u00a0of \u00a0symbolic \u00a0female characterisations that co-exist in various cultures as another understanding (or constructing) of femaleness underpins this new body \u00a0of\u00a0 work. \u00a0The \u00a0exhibition \u00a0will \u00a0also \u00a0feature \u00a0a\u00a0 video, \u00a0entitled \u00a0Nguva, \u00a0a\u00a0 multi-tiered \u00a0performance \u00a0featuring \u00a0the \u00a0mesmeric eponymous role: a mysterious acquatic character who emerges from the sea onto land and wanders, restless, vicious and curious.<\/p>\n
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Victoria Miro Gallery I
\n16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW<\/p>\n
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This exhibition, Nguva na Nyoka (meaning \u201cSirens and Serpents\u201d in Kiswahili) presents Mutu's latest body of collage, video and sculptural works. Drawing on such diverse references as East African coastal mythologies (particularly of nguvas, or water women), gender and racial politics, Western popular culture, Eastern and ancient beliefs and autobiography, in her works Mutu proposes worlds within worlds, populated by powerful hybridised female figures.\r\n\r\nMutu\u2019s latest collage-paintings are defined by a shift away from her much-documented use of Mylar as a substrate to a use of vinyl and linoleum as the basis for the works, allowing for a more densely textured and sculptural ground. \u00a0Painterly techniques are employed alongside Mutu\u2019s signature construction of images comprised of deftly cut-out and collaged forms. 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