ArtBabble: Yinka Shonibare MBE

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Black Artists

Art21 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:15:01 +0000

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Episode #150: As Yinka Shonibare MBE installs his 2008 solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, he discusses his experience as a black artist living and working in the United Kingdom. With few black artist role models from the previous generation to follow in the path of, Shonibare describes his motivation and strategy for getting his work into the art system.

Yinka Shonibare MBE: "Nelson's Ship in a Bottle"

Art21 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:07:25 +0000

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Episode #111: Yinka Shonibare MBE discusses the theatricality and sense of wonder inherent in his public sculpture "Nelson's Ship in a Bottle," installed on the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. Situated across from "Nelson's Column," a monument erected to honor Admiral Lord Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, the brightly-colored sails of Shonibare's boat reference the complex heritage of British colonialism and its multicultural present.

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Being an Artist

Art21 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:22:13 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #084: In his London studio, artist Yinka Shonibare MBE reflects on what it means for him to be an artist, how he views his occupation as a utopian pursuit, and how the lines between the personal and professional aspects of his life are blurred.

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Season 5 Preview (October 2009)

Art21 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:20:49 +0000

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This video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Transformation premiering on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings).

Whether satirizing society or reinventing icons of literature, art history, and popular culture, the artists in Transformation—Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, and Yinka Shonibare MBE—inhabit the characters they create and capture the sensibilities of our age.

"Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season Five Trailer (Fall 2009)

Art21 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:28:30 +0000

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Season Five of the Peabody Award-winning television series "Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century" premieres on PBS in the United States (Fall 2009).

This trailer spotlights the artists Mary Heilmann, William Kentridge, and Yinka Shonibare MBE, offering brief glimpses of an additional eleven, dynamic and engaging contemporary artists.

Can you guess who they are? We're not telling (just yet).