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His Dark Materials.(Brief article)
Byline: KIMBERLY STRAUB editor: Valerie Steiker
Despite the knowledge that we've acquired historically, I think we're in a bit of a dark place at the moment," says YINKA SHONIBARE, whose theatrical, politically charged work comes to the James Cohan Gallery this month. "This is my way of trying to think through those difficulties."
Over the past decade, Shonibare has been thinking through those difficulties on an increasingly grand scale, with showings at 2002's Documenta and last summer's Venice Biennale, and no fewer than nine exhibitions (including one at the Brooklyn Museum) in the works. The London-born artist, who was raised in Nigeria, is best known for his life-size headless mannequins, in calculated poses, dressed in period costumes made from West African batiks. In his latest work, a mixture ...
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