- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Byam Shaw School of Art
- Redrice School
Yinka Shonibare uses Dutch wax fabric, Victorian costume, sculpture, photography and film to examine colonialism, class and cultural hybridity. His headless mannequins often stage scenes drawn from European aristocratic culture while wearing fabrics widely associated with African identity but produced through complex colonial trade histories.
Sculpture; installation; photography; film
Artist Films
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA in "Transformation" - Season 5 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Major Works
- 2001The Swing (after Fragonard)
- 2003Scramble for Africa
- 2010Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle
- 2006How to Blow Up Two Heads at Once
- 2002Gallantry and Criminal Conversation
- 1998Diary of a Victorian Dandy
- 2010sPlanets in My Head
- 2015Refugee Astronaut
- 2016End of Empire
- 2014The British Library
Interviews & Writing
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