'She's a Giacometti-like female bust made of dark soil, charcoal, oyster shells, feathers, hide, china and hair. It's an alarming, secret-looking, numinous piece, and an example of the artist's call to each of us to create our own divinities.' – Marina Warner
Wangechi Mutu's sculpture Grow the Tea, then Break the Cups is on view at the British Museum in Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic, an exhibition taking a cross-cultural look at the profound influence of female spiritual beings within global religion and faith.
Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic continues at the British Museum until 25 September 2022.
Image:
Wangechi Mutu, Grow the Tea, then Break the Cups, 2021
Soil, charcoal, paper pulp, wood, brown quartz, porcelain, crystal, ornaments, oyster shell, tin can, hair
94 x 43 x 29.8 cm
37 1/8 x 16 7/8 x 11 3/4 in
© Wangechi Mutu
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
