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Yinka Shonibare. Brooklyn Museum, 26 June through 20 September, 2009, New York City
For the first time, the New York Brooklyn Museum presents a major show by the Nigerian-born London-based artist Yinka Shonibare (1962), comprising a selection of over 20 works: sculptures, paintings, large-scale installations and films. Shonibare's art, exhibited at numerous much-respected art institutions and museums worldwide (including documenta in Kassel, the Paris Musée du Quai Branly, etc.), explores the relationship between the identity of contemporary Africa and the former colonialist Europe. One of the trademark elements of Shonibare's art is the vibrant Dutch wax-printed fabric produced in Europe for the African market, also available at the London Brixton market. The groups of headless dummies clothed in Victorian-style dresses made from said fabric prompts thoughts of history and the legacy passed on to the following generations by the colonial era. The range of Shonibare's sources of inspiration includes Thomas Gainsborough and Jean-Honoré Fragonard; his works often borrow some of the themes featured in the paintings by these 18th-century artists. In 2004, Yinka Shonibare was nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize.
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Keywords: New York, exhibition
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