Wangechi Mutu - Black Soil Poems

Published on the occasion of Wangechi Mutu's solo exhibition at the Galleria Borghese - the first by a living female artist in the Villa's history - this richly illustrated volume takes its title from the notion of "black soil," evoking the dual nature of Mutu's practice: poetic and mythological, yet grounded in contemporary realities. Through sculpture, installation, and moving image, Mutu introduces a new vocabulary into the museum, challenging hierarchy, permanence, and fixed meaning. Essays by Cloe Perrone, Adrienne Edwards, Ekow Eshun, Francesco Freddolini, and Ilaria Puri Purini, alongside a conversation with the artist, contextualize an exhibition that reimagines the museum as a living, evolving organism.