Yinka Shonibare MBE: FABRIC-ATION
21. september – 24. november 2013
Autumn at GL STRAND offers one of the absolutely major names on the international contemporary art scene. This Summer British-Nigerian Yinka Shonibare MBE has aroused the enthusiasm of the public and reviewers in England. Now the Danish public will have a chance to make the acquaintance of the artist’s fascinating universe of headless soldiers and Victorian ballerinas in his first major solo show in Scandinavia.
Over the past 15 years Yinka Shonibare MBE has created an iconic oeuvre of headless mannequins that bring to life famous moments of history and art history. With great commitment and equal degrees of seriousness, wit and humour he has mounted an assault on the colonialism of the Victorian era and its parallels in Thatcher’s Britain. In recent years he has widened the scope of his subjects to include global news, injustices and complications in a true cornucopia of media, for example film, photography, painting, sculpture and installation – all represented in the show at GL STRAND.
FABRIC-ATION mainly gathers works from recent years, as well as a brand new work created for the exhibition, Copenhagen Girl with a Hole in her Head. The subjects include Admiral Nelson and his key position in British colonialism, the significance of globalization for the formation of modern man’s identity, multiculturalism, global food production and the revolutions of the past few years in the Arab world. In other words, Shonibare is able, through an original and captivating universe, to present us with the huge complexity that defines our time, as well as the underlying history. The title of the exhibition refers to Shonibare’s use of colourful patterned fabrics in his art; fabrics that are associated with Africa, but which have their origin in Holland and were intended for the Indonesian market, and which, typically for Shonibare, illustrate that things are rarely what they seem at first glance.
FABRIC-ATION was shown in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England, in the period February – September 2013. For more information contact curator Anne Kielgast / ak@glstrand.dk / + 45 33 36 02 67
The press is invited to the OPENING, Friday September 20th, 4.30 p.m. Prior to this the exhibition will be presented at a PRESS MEETING WITH LUNCH, Friday September 20th, 11.00 a.m.. Register for press meeting with Head of Communication and Sponsorship: Sibbe Aggergaard phone +45 33 36 02 61 or E-mail sa@glstrand.dk / PRESS PHOTOS can be downloaded from www.glstrand.dk/presserum
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