Identification ● Artist: Wangechi Mutu ● Title: Preying Mantra ● Date: 2006

Content ● In basic terms it is just a woman relaxing on a blanket ● Explores themes of hybridity in a variety of areas ● Ideas of contrast between the West and Africa ● Abstract manner

Patron & Site ● No patron ● Intended for public view and all to see ● Located in the Brooklyn Museum, New York City, New York ● Openly allows for freedom of expression and can convey meaning to everyone

Media & Scale ● Mixed media on mylar ● Collage like medium ● Standard sized canvas ● Size does not really reflect in the main meaning of the piece

Purpose ● Convey a variety of themes to the world ● Shows hybridity in a variety of ways and hybridity is the main theme ● Mixing African culture and European culture due to colonialism ● Feminist theme: Women subjected to racism and sexism on a global scale ● Complex history and issues regarding colonialism in Africa

Style ● Abstract, nothing is really the proper color ● Very geometric with variety of shapes ● Large divisiveness within the picture ● Camouflaged with color ● Does not look like reality ● Very relaxed pose

Formal Elements ● Both straight and curvilinear lines ● Balanced on both sides of the picture above and beneath ● Very geometric with large amounts of shapes being used through out the image ● Abstract style and camouflaging through the image ● Rather flat and does not appear three dimensional reall

Works ● Untitled ● 2004 ● Backlash Blues ● 2004 ● I Put a Spell On You ● 2005 ● Ghouls On My Back Celebrate Murder ● 2003

Identification ● Artist: Magdalena Abakanowicz ● Title: Androgyne III ● Date: 1985

Content ● Not part of a series, so no Androgyne II or Androgyne I ● Basically a hollow human cast ● Depicts the spiritual and physical state of humans along with existence in general ● Same cast used for some other works

Patron & Site ● No patron ● Located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York ● Intended for public viewing and for everyone to see

Media & Scale ● Burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string ● Hardened fiber casts made from plaster molds ● Wooden supporting bench for cast ● 48in x 63.5in x 22in ● Roughly life size scale, size only really shows that it is a person

Purpose ● Convey the physical and spiritual existence of humans ● Provocative imagery ● About “existence in general” ● Some believe the piece is rather depressing due to the hunched stance

Style ● Are meant to be seen in the round even though the cast is hollow ● Blemishes intentionally left ● Abstract with missing parts ● Still realistic while being abstract ● Incomplete feeling

Formal Elements ● Is just a hollow shell, not a full person ● Creases and ridges within the cast ● Hunched posture ● Stretcher is part of piece, can be seen as legs ● Realistic proportions due to being a human cast ● Hard fiber surface being like skin

Works ● Great Ursa ● 1987 ● Figure on a Trunk ● 2000 ● Sage ● 1988 ● Puellae ● 1999

Identification ● Artist: Emily Kame Kngwarreye ● Title: Earth's Creation ● Date: 1994

Content ● Colorism and high-colorist style ● Swirling dots and brushstrokes across a canvas ● Lushness and style of visible landscape ● Celebration of country and color ● No figures or images, completely non-objective ● Everything is created by the interaction of colors and dots

Patron & Site ● No Patron ● Initially was in a private collection for private viewing ● Currently avaliable for public viewing ● Located in the National Museum of Australia, Acton, Australian Capital Territory

Media & Scale ● Synthetic polymer paint on canvas ● Painted kind of like pointillism ● 275cm x 160cm ● Massive painting, but size does not add meaning to the painting ● Different planes of color fuse together

Purpose ● Celebration of country and life ● Partially no real purpose, but merely like painting and art for the sake of art ● Exploration of color ● Visual representation of the seasons and current landscape ● Embraces her country, life, art, and expression

Style ● Which colors are used are usually dependent on season ● Painted with large dots in a variety of ways ● Is a style called colorist, similar to post- impressionism ● Mobile shapes from structure of color

Formal Elements ● Fluid movement and mobile shapes ● Everything is based around how the color is structured ● Non-objective and abstract ● Lines do not even really exist, only those made by the varying colors ● Very asymmetrical and wild ● Cool color types

Works ● Awelye ● 1989 ● Emu Woman ● 1988 ● Muyeroo Seeds ● 1991 ● Ntange Dreaming ● 1989