Yinka Shonibare
Biography:
Yinka Shonibare was born in England in 1962, he was raised in Nigeria. However he and his family relocated to London and continued to study and work there. During his late teen years, he decided he wanted to become an artist. He studied at Byam Shaw School of art in the late eighties and graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1991. Still living and working in London, his artwork explores isuses including race and class by a variety of medias.Aesthetic Style:
Yinka Shonabare is a multi-media artist. His works include elements of textile design, film, photography, sculpture, and installations. His most famous work includes work with fiberglass figures and elaborated outfits made with African fabrics or Dutch wax-printed cotton.Conceptual Concerns:
Yinka Shonabare focuses on cultural identity and race authenticity. He also focuses on the African race and status. He explained on his website that he enjoys focusing on the African contemporary identity with a colonial European twist. He considers himself a "post- cultural hybrid." He also plays off alienation, status and multiculturalismWork:
Odile and Odette
Reverend On Ice
Big Boy
Alternating Currents
According to Yinka Shonibare's website, "Alternating Currents" advances the idea that the purpose and significance of our journey does not lie in only one direction. This exhibition aspires to untangle the ways in which cultural globalization attempts to neutralize all kinds of cultural, social, political, and economic conflicts within the claims of new social movements. It allows us to consider questioning and breaking-up of the homogeneous continuum of a single unique history, becoming a zone of encounters, a flexible space where histories, facts, theories and various cultural practices and social relations tangle productively.
Sources
http://www.yinka-shonibare.co.uk/yinka-shonibare-home.html
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