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In the Studio: Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge

In the Studio: Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge

FromThe Documentary Podcast


In the Studio: Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge

FromThe Documentary Podcast

ratings:
Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Wangari Mathenge used to be a high-flying corporate lawyer before turning to her first love of art. She likes to express herself through her colourful palette, large-scale figurative paintings and immersive installations of places she has lived and worked. For this In The Studio, arts journalist Anna Bailey follows Wangari as she creates her next immersive experience, a life-sized replica of her Nairobi studio, where she invited 20 female domestic workers to have a day of rest, while also painting them for a new series of work which looks at the plight of female domestic workers in Kenya. Wangari also invites listeners into her Chicago studio, where she working on the next painting in the series. But as Anna finds out, rest is not only important to the workers but to Wangari herself. Presenter and producer Anna Bailey Executive producer Andrea Kidd.
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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