Wangechi Mutu at Met (2
quotes)
· “words that we haven’t heard,
people we haven’t noticed. They will be our redemption.”
· “They say that when an old
person dies, a library goes with them.”
Wangechi Mutu
Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum (a quote)
· “I’m interested in powerful
images that strike chords embedded deep in the reservoirs of our unconscious.”
Wangechi Mutu
Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum (a quote)
· “Mutu is best known for
spectacular and provocative collages depicting female figures—part human,
animal, plant, and machine—in fantastical landscapes that are simultaneously
unnerving and alluring, defying easy categorization and identification.”
2 quotes from Berger’s
Ways of Seeing (Chapter 4 &5)
· “Oil painting is a technique
of mixing pigments with oil and it is an art form”
· “If you buy a painting you buy
also the look of the thing it represents”
2 quotes from Mirzoeff
“Seeing
the world is not about how we see but about what we make of what we see”.
“Image
has not only helped us for the first time to understand how vision was
possible, it also raised the importance of seeing to a new level”
Short
Response
The
Wangechi Mutu’s quotes is a detailed reflection of her work in depicting female
figure. Her work involve the use of sculpture and caryatid. The work of Berger
involve the use of oil for painting different art works.
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