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Yinka Shonibare on film

Posted in art, tagged , , , on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Clip of Shonibare from TV series, Art 21 (William Kentridge also stars). See also this profile of Shonibare in The New York Times. A retrospective of his work opens at the Brooklyn Museum this week.

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Yinka Shonibare in Brooklyn

Posted in art, tagged , , , , on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Retrospective of his art the Brooklyn Museum through September 20, 2009.

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Contemporary Nigerian Art

Posted in art, tagged , , , on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The Financial Times has a feature on the growing appetite for Nigerian art (and they’e not talking about the British-born Chris Ofili or Yinka Shonibare) by Western dealers and collectors, including the work of Prince Twins Seven-Seven–that’s his ” Ghost of Oshun, Goddess of Fertility” above. HT: Naijablog

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Yinka Shonibare at Brooklyn Museum in June 2009

Posted in art, tagged , , , , on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“… This exhibition is a major midcareer survey of work by the Nigerian-born British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. Shonibare’s artwork explores contemporary African identity and its relationship to European colonialism through painting, sculpture, installation, and moving image. Working with visual symbols such as Dutch wax fabric (produced in Europe for a West African market) and [...]

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