{"id":6276,"date":"2017-03-10T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2017-03-08T06:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T11:19:25","slug":"wangechi-mutu-at-barbara-gladstone-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/10\/wangechi-mutu-at-barbara-gladstone-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Wangechi Mutu at Barbara Gladstone Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu\u2019s hybrid bodies enter a new chapter in her latest solo show at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gladstonegallery.com\/exhibition\/12317\/installation-view#&amp;panel1-1\">Barbara Gladstone Gallery<\/a>, where this bronze mermaid merges animal and human. The reference taps into E. African folktales of dugongs \u2013 a manatee-like creature \u2013 manifesting as female sirens who\u2019d lure men into the sea. (In Chelsea on 21<sup>st<\/sup> Street through March 25<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6277\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6277\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wangechi_mutu-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wangechi Mutu, installation view of \u2018Ndoro Na Miti,\u2019 at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, February, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu\u2019s hybrid bodies enter a new chapter in her latest solo show at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, where this bronze mermaid merges animal and human. The reference taps into E. African folktales of dugongs \u2013 a manatee-like creature \u2013 manifesting as female sirens who\u2019d lure men into the sea. 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