Wangechi Mutu has been named the Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year for 2010. She is Kenyan born, but now lives and works in New York. Her work is mostly collages made from a variety of media, including conventional fashion and lifestyle glossies, pornography, and automobile and motorcycle magazines. Her main motif revolves around the female body. The works draw a fine line between horror and fascination. I find them extremely interesting.
There is an interesting article in the ArtMag from the Deutsche Bank. You can also see some of her artwork on the same page. You can listen to a short video of her talking about her work here.
More of her work is shown on the Saatchi Gallery website. Included are some quite provoking collages on found medical illustration paper.
And finally if that hasn’t been enough here is her homepage on ArtNet.
