Yinka Shonibare Art
British, b. 1962
Yinka Shonibare CBE, RA, is a British-Nigerian artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is the brightly coloured Ankara fabric he uses. He received the Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award in March 2021. He is the 8th recipient of this award, which celebrates artists who have made significant contributions to a particular medium.(Biography provided by New Art Editions)
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Artist: Yinka Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare, Dreamscape (for Documenta 11) - Contemporary Art, Signed Print
By Yinka Shonibare
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yinka Shonibare CBE, (b. 1962)
Dreamscape (for Documenta 11), 2002
Medium: Chromogenic photograph
Dimensions: 40.5 x 60 cm (16 x 23.5 in)
Edition of 40: Hand-signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yinka Shonibare Art
Materials
C Print
Yinka Shonibare, Aristocrat in Blue - Signed Print with Collage, British Artist
By Yinka Shonibare
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yinka Shonibare CBE (British, b. 1962)
Aristocrat in Blue, 2020
Medium: Lithograph with collage
Dimensions: 76 x 49.5 cm
Edition of 40 (slightly varying due to collage elements): Ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yinka Shonibare Art
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It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To
By Yinka Shonibare
Located in New York, NY
Yinka Shonibare
It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To, 2013
24ct gold leaf embellishment, hand applied dutch wax batik fabrics on 225gsm Somerset Enhanced Paper
Boldly signed and n...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Yinka Shonibare Art
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Gold Leaf
Fabric-ation, signed monograph w/ hand made fabric covered boards 21/50 (unique)
By Yinka Shonibare
Located in New York, NY
Yinka Shonibare
Fabric-ation, 2013
Original Dutch wax print fabric chosen by the artist on Hardback cloth bound monograph with fabric covered board
12 1/2 × 11 × 1 1/2 inches
Edition 21/50 (each entirely unique)
Hand signed, dated and numbered 21/50 by Yinka Shonibare on the first front end page (see photo)
Published by Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
This gorgeous hand signed, numbered and dated monograph with hand made fabric covered boards was published on the occasion of the Yinka Shonibare MBE: Fabric - ation Exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Kunstforeingen Gl Strand in 2013.
160 pages
Hand signed, numbered and dated by artist in on the first front end page.
Beyond the exhibition plates, the catalogue also includes an interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist and texts by Dr Rebecca Schneider and Jean Fisher. The book measures 12.5" x 11", and is 160 pages.
Shonibare produced this beautiful catalogue in an edition of only 50, and is sold out. Each work is totally unique, and has been cloth bound using a different original Dutch wax print fabric with embellishments that was chosen by the artist. It is also signed and numbered by Shonibare. Taking place in three of YSP’s indoor galleries and the open air, FABRIC–ATION featured over 30 vibrant works from the period 2002–2013 including sculpture, film, photography, painting and collage, with many works never before seen in the UK. This major exhibition was sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank.
Born in London in 1962, Shonibare moved to Nigeria when he was three, later returning to the UK to study art. His work shrewdly explores and confounds stereotypes of race and class, engaging with ideas around identity and authenticity as well as dislocation, multiculturalism, global food production and revolution, often addressed through playful conceits. This approach is part of his determination to avoid being categorised: Shonibare accepted an MBE in 2004, adopting the title into his working name, saying, “it was the last thing you would have expected of me”.
More about Yinka Shonibare:
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA was born in London in 1962 and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of three. He returned to the UK to study Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London and Goldsmiths College, London, where he received his Master’s in Fine Art.
Over the past decades, Shonibare has become well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity through a sharp political commentary of the tangled interrelationship between Africa and Europe and their respective economic and political histories. Shonibare uses wry citations of Western art history and literature to question the validity of contemporary cultural and national identities.
In 2002, Shonibare was commissioned by Okwui Enwezor to create one of his most recognised installations, Gallantry and Criminal Conversation for Documenta XI. In 2004, he was nominated for the Turner Prize and was awarded the decoration of Member of the ‘Most Excellent Order of the British Empire’, or MBE. In 2019 Shonibare was made Commander of the same order, amending his professional name to include CBE. In 2008, his mid-career survey commenced at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and toured to the Brooklyn Museum, New York and the Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. In 2010, his first public art commission Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle was displayed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London.
In 2013, Shonibare was elected as a Royal Academician and his most recent contributions have included: the RA Family Album, which was used to wrap Burlington Gardens building during construction and his two curated rooms which were part of the 2017 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, during which Wind Sculpture VI was also displayed in the RA courtyard.
His recent major commission with the Public Art Fund, Wind Sculpture (SG) I, was installed at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park from March 7 through October 14, 2018. FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art presented The American Library at the Cleveland Public Library from July 14 until September 30, 2018. The British Library was recently acquired by the Tate London. In March 2021, Shonibare received Whitechapel Gallery’s prestigious Art Icon award, becoming the eighth artist to receive the honor. He was also selected to coordinate the Royal Academy of Arts 253rd Summer Exhibition in September 2021.
Shonibare’s works are included in notable collections internationally, including the Tate Collection, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome; Pérez Art Museum Miami in Florida and VandenBroek Foundation, The Netherlands.
-Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery
Category
2010s Contemporary Yinka Shonibare Art
Materials
Textile, Ink, Mixed Media, Offset, Fabric
Hybrid Mask II (K’peliye’e) Yinka Shonibare Sculpture Contemporary Artwork
By Yinka Shonibare
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Handpainted resin mask on a brass plinth
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Signed on the COA
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