"We only move into the 21st century on the foundation of things that have been established long, long ago."
"Line Painting," detail (2003)
"Line Painting," detail, 2003
Emulsion and acrylic on Dutch wax printed cotton, and painted wall, 122 4/5 inches diameter x 2 inches, 30 panels varying 11 4/5 inches, 15 7/10 inches, 23 3/5 inches diameters
Collection of Arts Council, London
Photo by Stephen White © Yinka Shonibare MBE
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Emulsion and acrylic on Dutch wax printed cotton, and painted wall, 122 4/5 inches diameter x 2 inches, 30 panels varying 11 4/5 inches, 15 7/10 inches, 23 3/5 inches diameters
Collection of Arts Council, London
Photo by Stephen White © Yinka Shonibare MBE
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
"My connection to tradition was sort of limited. I started to investigate what that would actually mean for me, for a contemporary, modern African. How could one be authentic? I started to look at the representation of the ideas of African art and at what things represented Africa. I came upon the fabrics."
-Yinka Shonibare MBE
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