SPOTLIGHT YINKA SHONIBARE
Dec 07, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Subi Shah
Photo: David Parry/© Royal Academy of Arts
Celebrated British Nigerian sculptor Yinka Shonibare is best known for his work exploring colonialism and post-colonialism within the context of globalization. Shonibare’s oeuvre examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity, through incisive commentary on the tangled interrelationship between Africa and Europe.
Catching up with Shonibare via video conferencing, he first wants to know a bit more about me. I explain that, like him, I was born in London and my
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