Yinka Shonibare, MBE and Sartorial Parody: Costuming as Subversive Practice
Yinka Shonibare, Pill Organizer a British artist from Nigerian origins, is heir to the tradition of masquerading and, like many postmodern and postcolonial artists, uses clothing and costuming as a means to probe identity construction.By revisiting European masterpieces or parodying academic painting he underscores the artificiality of art and expl