Meet the Artist: Yinka Shonibare MBE

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The Nigerian artist, whose work is currently on display at the Museum of African Art, discusses his life and career.

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If you've been to the Hirshhorn's "Strange Bodies" exhibition, then you've probably seen the work of Nigerian-born artist Yinka Shonibare, whose mind-bending piece "The Age of Enlightenment -- Antoine Lavoisier" features a headless man in 18th-century garb made from African textiles. The artist has many more such curious works in his arsenal, and the National Museum of African Art is hosting a mid-career survey of his work. In conjunction with that show, Shonibare will be paying a visit to the Hirshhorn to discuss his series of headless works, the large-scale splatterlike installation "Black Gold I" and more from his career so far.

-- Stephanie Merry (Nov. 11, 2009)

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