Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child
Yinka Shonibare, MBE, British-born of Nigerian parents, is best known for installations and photographs reflecting the legacy of 19th century colonialism. He creates mise-en-scénes of headless mannequins in Victorian attire of wax-printed African fabrics, produced in Britain and the Netherlands. Shonibare creates a mélange of African and European cultures reflecting a legacy of the colonizer and the colonized. The installation Shonibare will create for MAM, A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child, features an idealized family clothed in his wax-printed, 19th century attire astride human powered 19th century flying machines. The symbolic aspirations of flying, expressive of emancipatory freedom, allude to the monumental efforts by thousands of refugees to reach a city of promise as millions of tourists arrive seeking fun-and-sun.
Through January 18th
New Work Gallery
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami
305.375.3000
Directions
Admission $8.00
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