Wangechi Mutu Quotes
Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body.
I'm not a policy maker. I'm not even a very great activist. My main thing is to make things that speak for the culture that I live in.
A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's innocuous, some of it's invisible. It's there.
What is Africa, anyway? Even I don't know what Africa is, entirely. But I know that it's not some of these simplified sound bites you hear in America.
Always acknowledge your position in the food chain... They eat because you grow the food.
