Before the opening - Yinka Shonibare MBE

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Tuesday 10 March 2009
Sarah Eades

Photos by John McIver

credits:

Yinka Shonibare MBE
Leisure Lady (with ocelots) 2001
life-size figure and fibreglass ocelots, cotton (Dutch wax), leather, glass
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium, image courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © the artist

Yinka Shonibare MBE
Reverend on ice 2005
semi-opaque synthetic polymer resin, cotton (Dutch wax), wool, leather, wood, steel
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Purchased with the assistance of NGV Contemporary, 2006, image courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © the artist. Photo: Christopher Burke

Yinka Shonibare MBE
The Age of Enlightenment - Jean le Rond d'Alembert 2008
life-sized fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media
courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © the artist