Bloody Rug by Wangechi Mutu accessories only to be contained by

only to be contained by a bold red frame

100% pure silk rug

The “figure” emerges through pooling reds

who collaborated with The Metropolitan Museum of Art to make this edition

oversized: 60 x 70 inches

Bloody Rug by Wangechi Mutu accessories only to be contained by100% silk; 150 knots sq in Sustainably hand knotted in Nepal by artisan weavers 142 x 103 inches (360. 7 x 261. 6 cm) edition of 30 + 4 APs object description Wangechi Mutus carpet enters the Western canon the way her work so often does: not by asking permission, but by re writing the terms. At first glance, the image reads like a monumental portrait, a category deeply coded by European traditions of powerprofile, beauty, idealization, the stable