Sentences with phrase «kenyan artist»

The work, Stranger In The Village (GBG), after James Baldwin's 1998 essay, features detailed portraits of men who contacted the Kenyan artist on Tinder and their messages while she was doing an artist residency in Gottenburg, Sweden.

There's a room devoted to the rising stars of South African photography, like Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng, and a series of masked self - portraits by the Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru, «Macho Nne 01 - 25» (2014).

William Villalongo sets African sculpture and modernist painting soaring together among the stars; the Kenyan artist Wanuri Kahiu films ecological cataclysm and renewal in ages to come; William Cordova, who lives in New York and Lima, Peru, recreates the Millennium Falcon from «Star Wars,» now equipped with a cultural studies library.

William Villalongo sets African sculpture and modernist painting soaring together among the stars; the Kenyan artist Wanuri Kahiu films ecological cataclysm and renewal in ages to come; William Cordova, who lives in New York and Lima, Peru, recreates the Falcon spaceship from George Lucas's «Star Wars,» now equipped with a cultural studies library.

The Gallery of African Art (GAFRA) is pleased to present a solo exhibition by the Paris - based, Kenyan artist and designer Evans Mbugua.

Sotheby's Institute of Art presents PAPER Plains, a solo exhibition of Kenyan artist Tahir Carl Karmali, curated by Klaudia Draber.

Just past where Young and an assistant are filling the «YOUR MOM» balloons is a solo presentation of works by the Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru, whose materials evoke the metal tapestries of El Anatsui, though the aesthetic is distinctly Afrofuturist.

Another unexpected surprise is the young Kenyan artist Phoebe Boswell.

Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu is particularly interested in the ways that «women's bodies are [v] ulnerable to the whims of changing movements, governments, and social norms.»

Kenyan artist Ato Malinda performed the myth ubiquitous along the coasts of West Africa of the siren Mami Wata and her shifting manifestations and French artist Lucas Grandin created the installation Le Jardin sonore de Bonamouti (The Sound Garden of Bonamouti), in which the water that dropped on plants turned into percussive instruments.

Through the interplay of ink and collage of In Killing Fields Sweet Butterfly Ascend the multidisciplinary Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu reimagines the «African experience» questioning the conventions about femininity and the predominant cultural conditioning.

Gandy, Mira, «A conversation with Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu on art, power and returning home», Beacon, February 21

With recurring messages placed in different symbolic images, Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu predicts the end of materialism in her exhibition at the recently opened Venice Biennale Arte 2015.

With recurring messages placed in different symbolic images, Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu predicts the end of materialism in her exhibition at the recently opened...

Fortescue, Elizabeth, «Kenyan Artist Wangechi Mutu Finally Makes It To Her First Show,» Perth Now, May 23

The Politics of Art and Life curated by Claire Breukel, a duo show of works by Kenyan artist Peterson Kamwathi and Simon Vega.

In celebration of the competition's 10 year history, successful entrants will have their work displayed in Turner Contemporary's main gallery space as part of the 2017 summer exhibition programme, featuring British sculptor Phyllida Barlow, who is representing Britain in the prestigious Venice Biennale, as well as one of her former students, Kenyan artist Michael Armitage, alongside JMW Turner.

Sheet metal spilling its irregular sheen onto the floor by Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga, a Kenyan artist now based in Texas, is just one among other works at October.

Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu returns to Performa through a new commission, Banana Stroke, which builds on a recent shift in her practice towards fermenting, dying, or saturating with dirt the paper materials she uses in her collage paintings, and then deploying them in site - specific action painting.

• Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru's 2012 «C - Stunner» glasses, made of found materials, offer a compelling metaphor for the shift in perspective explored in this section.

Kenyan artist Michael Soi also responded with satirical paintings showing Kenyan artists outnumbered by Chinese ones.

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I'd love to talk for a moment about the Born Free Collection, based on prints from Wangechi Mutu, a celebrated Kenyan - born New York - based visual artist, with a mission to eliminate mother - to - child HIV transmission by December 31st, 2015.

Mutu is a Kenyan - born artist currently residing in Brooklyn, New York.

Brendan Fernandes is a Canadian artist of Kenyan and Indian descent.

In this excerpt from Phaidon's Akademie X, the celebrated Kenyan collagist gives her best advice for artists struggling to find their voice or achieve recognition.

The show will feature the entire spectrum of the Kenyan - born, Brooklyn - based artist's work, from her unsettling signature compositions assembled from cut - up fashion magazines to a new animated video starring the pop star Santigold.

Kenyan - born Wangechi Mutu is a Brooklyn - based artist whose sculptures, works on paper, installations, and videos explore gender, race, and sexual identity using collage and assemblage strategies that create provocative juxtapositions of the female body.

This solo exhibition by London - based, Kenyan - born artist, Michael Armitage, brings together a new body of work that draws on the chapel - like qualities of the SLG's main space.

In 2016, Mutu opened a second studio in Nairobi, and this return to her «alien mother,» as the artist has referred to it, has catalyzed a transformation in her work.4 Fresh materials and methods referencing the Kenyan landscape — such as the distinctive rust - colored clay of Nairobi's volcanic soil and a dark, coal - like paper pulp — evidence a shift in the artist's focus from primarily two - dimensional works to the earthy, the organic, and the spiritual, with an emphasis on three - dimensional forms and performance - based installations, as well as the playful and imaginative opportunities of video animation.

Water Woman, 2017, a cast bronze sculpture by the artist Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, born 1972 in Nairobi, lives and works in Nairobi and New York), sits perched atop a grassy mound at the foot of the amphitheater in the museum's fourteen - acre sculpture park at Laguna Gloria.

About the Artist Kenyan - born Wangechi Mutu has trained as both a sculptor and anthropologist.

The 21 artists on show this year in Venice, chosen from amongst 4,500 entries, include among others the winner of the $ 100,000 Future Generation Art Prize 2017, the South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape, and the winner of the $ 20,000 Special Prize, Kenyan / British artist Phoebe Boswell.

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan - born artist who was trained as an anthropologist and a sculptor.

At the Mary and Leigh Block Museum at Northwestern University, the year ends with a major exhibition by Kenyan - born artist Wangechi Mutu titled Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey.

In February 2010, Kenyan - born, New York - based artist Wangechi Mutu was named the Deutsche Bank's «Artist of the Year.&artist Wangechi Mutu was named the Deutsche Bank's «Artist of the Year.&Artist of the Year.»

For the Armory, the agency's first - ever United States fair, Jaroljmek has staged a powerful solo exhibition of the LGBTQ Kenyan video and performance artist Ato Malinda, who was on hand at the VIP preview; among her works is a series of light - box photographs that show her wearing makeup in the pattern of the rainbow flag and then wiping it off, so as to question, in her words, «whether the flag is a coherent representation for a black lesbian in Kenya.»

Mutu is a Kenyan born artist who uses collage to construct female figures to bring attention to the combination of eroticism and violence that is visited upon the female body.

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan - born artist and sculptor based in Brooklyn, New York.

It was work by the Kenyan - born, New York — based artist Wangechi Mutu that helped her see that an image could be composed of many others.

The Kenyan - born, New York based artist, known for her complex paintings and collages of the female body, has developed a distinctive practice spanning drawing, video, sculpture and installation.

Georgina Adam takes a look at the man who has been behind a surprising number of international art world controversies like the Kenyan pavilion at the last Venice Biennale (that was filled with Chinese artists) and the Anselm Kiefer show that antagonized the artist and his galleries.

WANGECHI MUTU: A PROMISE TO COMMUNICATE The Kenyan - born artist's works address cultural fissures and flashpoints such as colonialism and sexuality.

Well, so it is with the Kenyan - born artist Michael Armitage, who is still only in his mid-thirties, but paints with a maturity beyond his years.

The Kenyan art community had been protesting the selection of mainly Chinese artists — none of whom live or work in the African country — to represent it at the international biennale.

The New York Times remembers the innovative artist for her diverse inspirations, ranging from geisha styles, to prison, to a Kenyan park.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) present Wangechi Mutu the most comprehensive international survey to date of works by Kenyan - born, New York - based artist Wangechi Mutu, on view 23 May — 14 August 2013.

A Fantastic Journey marks Kenyan visual artist Wangechi Mutu's first solo museum exhibition in the US.

Wangechi Mutu (23 May — 11 August, 2013) is a comprehensive survey of works by Kenyan - born, Brooklyn - based artist Wangechi Mutu.

This week, highlights include the announcement that the Detroit home of Rosa Parks will be repurposed as art; plans for a new museum in Nigeria and assessments of the Kenyan art market; a historic hiring at George Washington University's textile museum; and board appointments for architect David Adjaye and artist Lynette Yiadom - Boakye.