Wind Sculpture II
Yinka Shonibare, CBE[[translate(episode,'title')]]
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[[translate(episode,'audioCredit') || translate(episode,'credit')]]Known for his figurative works that use brightly patterned fabric to explore cultural identity, Shonibare (born in London to Nigerian parents) here transforms a wisp of cloth into a monumental sculpture. “None of us have isolated identities anymore,” he says, “and that’s a factor of globalization ultimately. I suppose I’m a direct product of that. The fabrics I use also look like they could be just African … but the fabric has a complicated history in its trade routes: it was originally designed as an Indonesian fabric, produced by the Dutch, and the British sold it into the African market. It’s a perfect metaphor for multilayered identities.”
Yinka Shonibare, CBE, *Wind Sculpture II*, 2013, steel armature with hand-painted fiberglass resin cast, H. 240 × W. 133 5/16 × D. 31 3/16 in., Gift of Jim and Ann Goodnight