ニューヨーク近代美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク近代美術館Instagram)「“I’m interested in powerful images that strike chords embedded deep in the reservoirs of our unconscious.” —Wangechi Mutu The Kenyan-born artist’s collage, “Yo Mama,” pays tribute to Funmilayo Anikulapo–Kuti, the mother of the famous Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. A pioneering feminist who is said to have been the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria, she fought against the practice of female genital mutilation. Mutu explains why this diptych is both tantalizing and menacing: "The figure exists in an imaginary outer space, clutching a mangled serpent, the phallic and mythological creature that instigated the downfall of Eve. . . . The image and title are infested with the inherent contradictions that were the experience of a radical like Funmilayo. A visionary and brave fighter, she was caught in the upheaval of the creation of a nation's identity." At the link in our bio, read more about the work in an essay by Heidi Hirschl Orley, excerpted on MoMA Magazine from our award-winning publication, Among Others: Blackness at MoMA. — Wangechi Mutu. “Yo Mama.” 2003. Ink, mica flakes, acrylic, pressure-sensitive film, cut-and-pasted printed paper, and painted paper on paper. © 2021 Wangechi Mutu #MoMACollection #MoMABooks #MoMAMagazine #WangechiMutu @wangechimutu @wangechistudio @heidiorley」2月14日 8時30分