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Wangechi Mutu: Yo.n.I

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The spindly figures in Nairobi-born Wangechi Mutu's drawings — abstract ink and paint doodles combined with collaged fragments — resemble amoebic specimens. A closer look, however, reveals amputated limbs and fragmented torsos crouching within the larger bodies, echoing the 16th-century eccentric Giuseppe Arcimboldo's portraits. Mutu's gruesome gods and goddesses are born of her chaotic process; she begins with accidental splatterings and builds up layers of materials with increasing coherence. Her new work at Victoria Miro includes large-scale collages on Mylar, experimental drawings with x-ray paper and an installation that pumps water from the nearby canal into the gallery. The exhibition's title, Yo.n.I, suggests both "you and I" and "yoni", as Mutu fuses spiritual metaphors with feminist concerns.

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