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Yinka Shonibare was born in London, England, on 9 August 1962, the son of Olatunji Shonibare and Laide Shonibare. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] When he was three years old, his family moved to Lagos , Nigeria , where his father practised law.
The African Library is a piece of installation art created in 2018 by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, based on his previous successful works The British Library and The American Library. It features books wrapped in Dutch wax printed cotton with named of prominent Africans on the spines.
The American Library is a 2018 contemporary art installation artwork piece by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare comprising 6,000 books of different sizes wrapped in Dutch wax printed cotton; 3,200 of the books carry names of immigrants, or the descendants of recent immigrants, to the United States who have had an impact on American culture.
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle is a sculpture by the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare.Commissioned in 2009 by the Greater London Authority, [1] it was originally placed on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square in 2010.
Hibiscus Rising (2023) is an outdoor sculpture in Leeds, England, by artist Yinka Shonibare which was unveiled on 24 November 2023 [1] as part of LEEDS 2023.It commemorates the life and death of David Oluwale, a British-Nigerian man whose death in 1969 involved two members of Leeds City Police.
Tate Britain: the venue for the Turner Prize except in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 The Turner Prize is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist, organised by the Tate Gallery. Named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, it was first presented in 1984, and is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious, but controversial, art awards. Initially, the prize was awarded to the ...
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