Yinka Shonibare
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Yinka Shonibare is a British artist whose work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is the brightly colo
Shonibare in 2024
Wind Sculpture (London, 2014)
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (London, 2010) by Yinka Shonibare during its occupancy of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
Shonibare with Hibiscus Rising sculpture, Leeds (2023)
Vlisco
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The Vlisco Group designs, produces and distributes fashion fabrics, especially of the African wax print style, for the West and Central African market and African consumers in global metropolitan citi
Yinka Shonibare
…then sold in Africa after being rejected in Indonesia. Today, the main exporters of "African" fabric from Europe are based in Manchester in the UK and Vlisco Véritable Hollandais from Helmond in the Netherlands. Despite being a European invention, the Dutch wax fabric is used by many Africans in England…
Vlisco, Helmond