

At once seductive and threatening, her figures and environments take the viewer on journeys of material, psychological, and sociopolitical transformation. With a rare understanding of the power and need for new mythologies-the productive friction of opposites beyond simple binaries and stereotypes-Mutu breaches common distinctions among human, animal, plant, and machine.

Over the past two decades, Wangechi Mutu has created chimerical constellations of powerful female characters, hybrid beings, and fantastical landscapes.
