"I use a lot of repetition. And it becomes a filmic way of talking because as you put the same image after the other, even though it’s the exact identical image, everyone sees something changing from one image to the next."
"Scramble for Africa" (2003; installation view, 2008)
Scramble for Africa, 2003
14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton; Overall: 52 x 192 1/10 x 110 1/5 inches
Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York
Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York
Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas
Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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