Yinka Shonibare is a British artist of Nigerian heritage known for his examination of such ideas as authenticity, identity, colonialism, and power in drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, films, and installations. His signature element is his use
” As someone who had spokenYorubaat homeyetwatched British and U.S. television, was perfectly fluent inEnglish, and had lived in both England and urban Nigeria, the artist pondered the meaning ofauthenticityand the greater significance of his multicultural identity. Although Shonibare’s work ...