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Yinka Shonibare MBE

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Yinka Shonibare MBE is an English Nigerian artist that won the Turner Prize in 2004, and works in sculpture, painting, photography, and installation art. He often deals with the subject of cultural identity, race and class in his work.

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE

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Boy on Tightrope by Yinka Shonibare, Art Basel 2012

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Yinka Shonibare, MBE's 'Globe Head Ballerina' installed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

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A flying machine for every man, woman and child. Installation view at the Miami Art Museum, 2008

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Odile and Odette, 2005

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How to Blow-Up Two Heads at Once, 2006

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The artist in front of his "climate shit" collages. Photo © Andreas Sterzing 2009

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YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Boy Doing Headstand, 2009 Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media 27 ½ x 33 x 30 ½ inches

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YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Boy with Marionette, 2009 Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media 44 ½ x 19 x 42 inches

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YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Girl on Scooter, 2009 Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media

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YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Boy Playing with Marbles, 2009 Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media - shown here at the Brooklyn museum

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Girl on Flying Machine (2008) by Yinka Shonibare MBE

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Black Gold by Yinka Shonibare MBE He's better known for his mannequins dressed in Dutch wax printed cotton textiles that he picks up in Brixton, but I've always liked this piece.

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La Méduse, 2008 Wood, foam, plexiglas, Dutch wax-printed fabric, and acrylic paint

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Yinka Shonibare, "The Sleep of Reason (Africa)" and "The Sleep of Reason (Asia)," both 2007 and based on an etching by Goya

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Diary of a Victorian Dandy, 1998. 1 of 5 C-prints, 183 x 228.6 cm.

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Climate Shit Drawing 1, 2008 Four colour lithograph with silkscreen glaze, collage with fabric and foils, on paper 200 prints made

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Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle (2010 - 2012) was a Fourth Plinth commission in Trafalgar Square

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Child On Unicycle, 2005 Metal, fabric, resin, leather American Masters Collection I - this is probably my favorite.

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Lady on Unicycle, 2005 Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax-printed cotton, steel

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