Suspended Playtime

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"Suspended Playtime" is a multimedia installation artwork by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu that explores themes of childhood, power, and postcolonial identity through suspended, balloon-like forms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation ⓘ
multimedia installation artwork ⓘ
artForm installation art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kenya ⓘ
United States ⓘ
creator Wangechi Mutu ⓘ
creatorEthnicity African ⓘ
Kenyan ⓘ
creatorNationality Kenyan-American ⓘ
depicts objects associated with children ⓘ
playground-like elements ⓘ
genre contemporary art ⓘ
hasPart balloon-like forms ⓘ
suspended forms ⓘ
hasTheme African urban experience ⓘ
childhood games as metaphor ⓘ
fragility of bodies ⓘ
global power structures ⓘ
hybrid identities ⓘ
migration and displacement ⓘ
politics of play ⓘ
postcolonial critique ⓘ
surveillance and control ⓘ
tension between innocence and violence ⓘ
influencedBy African visual culture ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ
languageOfWork visual ⓘ
mainSubject African diaspora ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
colonial history ⓘ
gender ⓘ
memory ⓘ
play ⓘ
postcolonial identity ⓘ
power ⓘ
power relations ⓘ
race ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
violence ⓘ
medium multimedia ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
usesMaterial balloons ⓘ
found objects ⓘ
string or cord ⓘ
usesTechnique suspension ⓘ

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Wangechi Mutu → notableWork → Suspended Playtime ⓘ