"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"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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