Tiffany HughesMr. GallagherMalden High SchoolRoom C333Malden, Ma. 02148Due: 2/5/09
4 February 2009
Dear Mr. Gallagher,
For my research paper Wangechi Mutu is the artist that I have chosen. By viewing over her paintings you can notice that she is a very creative, interesting artist. The way that she combines diseased feminine body parts with crazy facial expressions together are very fascinating for example: "Tumors of the Uterus", and "Indurate Ulcers of the Cervix". In her series Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumor, Wangechi Mutu uses 19th century medical diagrams as a basis for invented portraiture. The original illustrations, symbolic of colonial power, suggest a wide range of cultural pre-conceptions: from the ‘superiority’ of European ‘knowledge’ to the classification of nature (and consequently race) into genealogical hierarchies.
For my thesis I would give you a brief history of Wangechi Mutu and state why I chose her to be the artist to do my research.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/wangechi_mutu.htm
http://www.momentaart.org/pas_pro/mutu.html
http://www.artnet.com/awc/wangechi-mutu.html
http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2008/04/wangechi_mutu.php
http://www.askart.com/AskART/M/wangechi_mutu/wangechi_mutu.aspx
http://the-artists.org/artist/Wangechi_Mutu.html
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/216
http://www.vielmetter.com/index.php?site=artists&a_id=63&artistname=WANGECHI_MUTU&detail=selectedworks&fromlink=
http://chelseaartgalleries.com/artists/M/Wangechi+Mutu.html
http://africanartists.blogspot.com/2008/06/wangechi-mutu-kenya-usa.html
Sincerely,
Tiffany Hughes