Work Cited

Enright, R. [Interview] Resonant surgeries: the collaged world of Wangechi Mutu Border Crossings v. 27 no. 1 (February 2008) 28-46.

- This article is important because it shows that "Wangechi Mutu's has an uncanny sense of gesture and a unique ability to insinuate meanings that are political, aesthetic, and psychological without ever declaring the real meaning of her images."

Murray, D. C. [Exhibit] Wangechi Mutu at SFMOMA Art in America v. 94 no. 9 (October 2006) 205.

-In this article it tells you how diverse Mutu's art work is "Wangechi Mutu's exhibition represents a diverse collection of artistic and popular influences, from Romare Bearden and the Surrealists to fashion and porn magazines." Although she creates’s a lot of African inspired art work she is also diverse.

Kazanjian, Dodie fierce creatures; Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu has brought her fresh and vividly energetic vision to figurative art-spinning fantastical tales of folklore and modernity (3599 words) Magazine/Journal Vogue (June 2006): 214.

-This article is important because is tells you how creative she can be. "The women in Wangechi Mutu's paintings are a strange and disturbing breed. Beautiful but grotesque, powerful yet maimed, they perch in trees or cavort in the tall grass, their hair erupting in wild shapes and arabesques, their limbs missing or metamorphosed into bird legs with talon feet." In this Article the author tells you what Wangechi Mutu's art work can be about.

Cox, L. M. Transformed Bodies, Colonial Wounds & Ethnographic Tropes: Wangechi Mutu N. Paradox v. 21 (2008) 67-75.

-The reason why this article is important because in the article the author says that "Mutu combines images clipped from magazines with pools of paint, shimmering glitter, and brown packing tape to create works that blend critical social engagement with an interventionist practice of collage and photomontage”. I believe this article would help me understand the many ways Wangechi Mutu create art.