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Born in Kenya yet cementing her career in New York, Wangechi Mutu is a renowned multi-disciplinary artist whose work is included in Museums such as the MoMA in New York, The Whitney, the Museum of Contemporary Art in both Chicago and Los Angeles, and the Tate Modern in London amongst many others. In 2010, Mutu was awarded the 'Artist of the Year' by Deutsche Bank, a prize which included a solo exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin that would travel and finish at the Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art in Belgium.
These drawings were executed by Mutu in 2001. They formed part of a commission to create watercolour storyboard illustrations and the styling for a photoshoot for a fashion lookbook featuring pioneer, innovator, and dance music legend Crystal Waters. Fashion photographer Jason Mickle interpreted the artist's watercolours through the lens of his camera creating the shots seen in the lookbook at the Giraffe Hotel in New York. Jason Mickle was also used by Crystal Waters for the cover shoot of her song Come on Down.