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Titled for Yayoi Kusama, who is the cat's pyjamas.


Q&A with Wangechi Mutu →

Q Your art is beautiful, but can also be difficult to look at. Why is it important for you to conjure both?

A I think the fact that we can’t agree on what is beautiful and ugly is one of the things my work is founded upon. I don’t go out of my way to do either one or the other, and I don’t see massive divisions between them. It is hard when I ask people what they find beautiful and disturbing in my work, because I don’t always agree. I’m like, “You don’t find this beautiful? It’s beautiful to me.” But the discussion of what is beautiful and what is ugly is really deep and visceral. It’s also a point of contention, because we often have beauty standards that only work in one direction.  …

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