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Yinka Shonibare, MBE
Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) (still) 2004
High definition digital video
32:00 minutes loop
Edition 1 of 6
Image courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York.
And Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
Copyright the artist.
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Yinka Shonibare, MBE
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa) 2008
Type c photograph mounted on aluminum
Image size: 182.9 cm x 125.7 cm, framed size: 207 x 147.3 x 6.4 cm
Edition of 5
Image courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York
And Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Copyright the artist.
2 Nov 2009 19:00 Africa/Lagos
Press Preview and Tour of 'Yinka Shonibare MBE' Exhibit at the National Museum of African Art
WHAT: Press preview and tour of "Yinka Shonibare MBE" exhibit at the National Museum of African Art
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 9
10 a.m. to noon
WHERE: Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art
Lecture hall, sub-level two
WHO: Johnnetta Cole, director, National Museum of African Art
Karen Milbourne, on-site curator, National Museum of African Art
Rachel Kent, senior curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Yinka Shonibare, one of the most celebrated Nigerian artists of this generation, is the focus of an exhibition at the National Museum of African Art. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, the exhibit features dramatic paintings, photographs, film and sculptural tableaux that inspire reconsideration of class, race, nationality and history through their sensual beauty and use of irony.
The exhibit occupies two levels of the museum, assembling works of art never before seen together. The exhibit opens the National Museum of African Art's multiyear celebration "Nigeria: Then, Now and Forever," a series of exhibitions, public programs and special events showcasing the arts, culture and people of Nigeria. "Yinka Shonibare MBE" opens to the public Nov. 10 and continues through March 7, 2010.
About Yinka Shonibare
Born in England in 1962 and raised in Nigeria, Shonibare currently lives and works in London, where he has gained international attention by exploring issues of race and class through a range of media that includes sculpture, painting, photography and installation art. Shonibare is well known for his headless mannequins dressed in colorful batik fabrics.
CONTACT: Media only: Keith Blackman, +1-202-530-4585; keith.blackman@bm.com; or Kimberly Mayfield, +1-202-633-4649, +1-202-431-5954 (cell)
Media Web site: http://newsdesk.si.edu/
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Nov. 2/
Source: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
