Wangechi Mutu
Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors
2004, Glitter, ink, collage on found extremely
old fragile medical illustration paper
46 x 31cm |
In Histology of Different Classes of Uterine Tumors, Wangechi
Mutu readily confuses epidemiology with anthropological
classification. Mutu satirically identifies her ‘disease’
as a sub/post-human monster, an equally primitive and prophetically
alien species. Repulsive and ludicrous, Mutu’s figure is
also controversially attractive: its fur face and stardust
afro an epitome of funkadelic chic. Histology… embodies
a notion of identity crisis, where origination and ownership
of cultural signifiers becomes an unsettling and disputed
terrain.
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