Claude’s BS Artist Statement of the Week
April 20, 2007 · Print This Article
New York artist, Wangechi Mutu, says:
“My work embodies the questions beneath identity ‘loss’ and crisis; origin and ownership of cultural signifiers become unsettling and dubious terrain. The work describes the beauty and survival capabilities of the human imagination which outlives assaulted cultures, transplantation, exile and shifts in philosophical paradigms.”
-Claude Willey
Written by Christopher Hudgens
Christopher Hudgens is the Operations Manager for BaS and works in various other capacities for other organizations in the Chicago Art & Culture scene. Most recently as Business Operations Manager for the Bridge Art Fair and currently an advocate for all things art & technology.
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GAG. Every time I come across one of these i think “On the other hand, maybe I’m GLAD I never made it to art school…”