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Working in sculpture, film, photography, and painting, Shonibare is best known for his tableaux of characters dressed in spectacular period costumes made from batik (an Indonesian-designed fabric that is produced in the Netherlands but has become popularly assimilated in West Africa).
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It was the first commission by a black British artist and was part of a national fundraising campaign organized by the Art Fund and the National Maritime Museum, who have now successfully acquired the sculpture for permanent display outside the museum's new entrance in Greenwich Park, London.In 2012, the Royal Opera House, London, commissioned ‘Globe Head Ballerina’ (2012) to be displayed on the exterior of the Royal Opera House, overlooking Russell Street in Covent Garden.
He was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy, London in 2013.Shonibare’s work, ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’ was the 2010 Fourth Plinth Commission, and was displayed in Trafalgar Square, London, until January 2012. He returned to London to study Fine Art, first at Byam School of Art (now Central Saint Martins College) and then at Goldsmiths College, where he received his MFA.Shonibare’s work explores issues of race and class through the media of painting, sculpture, photography and film.
Shonibare questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions.
A hallmark of his art is the brightly coloured Dutch wax fabric he uses.
He returned to London to study Fine Art, first at Byam School of Art (now Central Saint Martins College) and then at Goldsmiths College, where he received his MFA. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Shonibare was born to wealthy Nigerian parents living in Shonibare’s art was placed on its trajectory by the comments of one of his teachers, who asked him why he didn’t make “authentic African art.” As someone who had spoken In part because of his experimentation with so many media, Shonibare’s art defies easy categorization. He has a son named Kayode Shonibare-Lewis who became an indie game developer and 3D artist.
His trademark material is the brightly coloured ‘African’ batik fabric he buys in London. Kathleen Kuiper was Senior Editor, Arts & Culture, Encyclopædia Britannica until 2016.
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Shonibare was notably commissioned by Okwui Enwezor at Documenta 11, Kassel, in 2002 to create his most recognised work ‘Gallantry and Criminal Conversation’ that launched him on to an international stage.
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