"Drawing is very central to the way that I work because it can be blown up, taken apart.... You can just keep on pushing it, like this infinite machine...."
"Nelson's Ship in a Bottle" (2010; installation view, 2010)
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, 2010
Fiberglass, steel, brass, resin, UV ink on printed cotton textile, linen rigging, acrylic, and wood; 290 x 525 x 235 cm
Installation view: Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, 2010
Production still from the Art21 "Exclusive" episode, "Yinka Shonibare MBE: 'Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle'"
Courtesy the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery (London), James Cohan Gallery (New York)
Artwork: © Yinka Shonibare, MBE; Image: © Art21, Inc. 2010
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