Go behind the scenes with contemporary artist Wangechi Mutu, who discusses the inspiration and making of The NewOnes, will free Us, an exhibition of four sculpture that inaugurate The Met's annual facade commission, on view September 9, 2019, through January 12, 2020.
Credits:
Director: Kate Farrell
Producer: Will Fenstermaker
Assistant Producer: Melissa Bell
Editor: Stephanie Wuertz
Director of Photography: Jonathan Chekroune
Cameras: Alex Rappoport, Stephanie Wuertz
Camera Jib: Kelly Richardson
Camera Jib Assistant: Foster McLaughlin
Production Coordinators: Christopher Alessandrini, Bryan Martin
Production Assistant: Anna Oehlkers
Time-Lapse: Scott Geffert, Heather Johnson
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Works of art © Wangechi Mutu, courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Additional images © Wangechi Mutu, courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
© 2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Mutu inaugurates The Met’s annual facade commission with The NewOnes, will free Us.
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