A crossbreed and a mongrel

Muti, Untiltled, 2003, Mixed media on mylar

Lynette Yiadon Boaktye, Politics, 2005, Oil on canvas

“Collage creates conceptual depth.”

Wangechi Muti's Untitled: A perverted Goddess/adolescent flaunt. Collages are fragile because they’re conceptually breakable. Some are physically breakable; I wonder what part that plays? One angle is to give a sense of vulnerability and mortality. They are too easily destructed and for me imposes too strong a sense of futility.
The vulgarity within Politics is decadently alluring. I cannot think of a more menacing oil portrait. With figurative oils they’re resilient. Again, I have this thing with longevity.