Art Minute

Africa is not only 'wearable'. Many artists have expressed their love for the Motherland and their own roots through art. I will introduce you, now and then, to extraordinary people with extraordinary imagination and skills.

Today, I give you Yinka Shonibare.
He is a Nigerian contemporary artist, who studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. He paints, draws, sculpts, photographs. But what's specific about it is that he always incorporate some Dutch wax printed cotton in his pieces. Always. He recreates key-moments of history, and we can see alot of colonialism inspiration too.
He is no beginner though: Mr Shonibare had his first exhibition back in 1989, and has been awarded with the Most Excellent Order of th British Empire decoration (MBE).

There is so much to say about this genius that I'll just give you an excerpt of his work, and let you visit his website HERE.