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@simoneyvetteleigh 👏🏾 Sentinel IV, bronze, 2020 #SupportBlackArt #SimoneYvetteLeigh #SentinelIV #sculpture #bronze #blackart #blackwomenartists https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9LeH0BpI8/?igshid=7k1oxkferv8y

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"I honestly do feel something miraculous happens when I persuade these materials to be something that they weren’t originally. And then there’s a rebirth—a reincarnation and a return of their potential and their power." —Wangechi Mutu, from 'I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?,' published by @legionofhonor ⁠& @delmonico_books⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Pictured here: ⁠⁠ 1. "Ox Pecked," 2018⁠⁠ 2. Installation shot with "Outstretched," 2019⁠⁠ 3. Installation shot with "Water Woman," 2017 (both installation photos by @garysextonphotography )⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Edited by @cschmuckli⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @wangechistudio #wangechimutu #sentineliv #iamspeakingareyoulistening #afrofuturism #posthumanism #feminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8XXvmJ3IQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Installation shots from 'Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?' published by @legionofhonor ⁠& @delmonico_books⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Wangechi Mutu takes viewers on journeys of material, psychological and sociopolitical transformation; this volume explores her most recent groundbreaking work. Over the past two decades, Mutu has created chimerical constellations of powerful female characters, hybrid beings and fantastical landscapes. With a rare understanding of the need for powerful new mythologies beyond simple binaries and stereotypes, Mutu breaches common distinctions between human, animal, plant and machine.⁠⁠ An artist who calls both Nairobi and NYC home, Mutu moves voraciously between cultural traditions to challenge colonialist, racist and sexist worldviews with her visionary projection of an alternate universe informed by Afrofuturism, posthumanism and feminism.⁠⁠ This dazzling book accompanies a presentation of Mutu’s new work on view at the Legion, along with a greater selection from her landmark oeuvre. It is the most comprehensive book on the artist to date.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Pictured here:⁠⁠ Installation views from 'Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?,' Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2021, photos by @garysextonphotography⁠⁠ 1. "MamaRay," 2020⁠⁠ 2. Installation View⁠⁠ 3. "Crocodylus," 2020⁠⁠ 4. Detail of "I Am Speaking, Can You Hear Me?," 2020⁠⁠ 5. Detail of "Mirror Faced I, II, and III," 2020⁠⁠ 6. Installation view with "Subterranea Stemmed," 2021; "Subterranea Flourish," 2021; "Subterranea Fury," 2021.⁠⁠ 7. Installation view with "Dream Catcher," 2016⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠Edited by @cschmuckli⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more via linkinbio⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @wangechistudio #wangechimutu #sentineliv #iamspeakingareyoulistening #afrofuturism #posthumanism #feminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8IXWyJWo_/?utm_medium=tumblr