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Yinka Shonibare — Boy Doing Headstand

Yinka Shonibare

Boy Doing Headstand

2009

Yinka Shonibare's 2009 sculptural work features a fiberglass mannequin dressed in Dutch wax printed cotton, captured in a dynamic headstand pose. The piece combines material culture, colonialism, and contemporary identity through the juxtaposition of forms and textiles.

Medium
fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton and mixed media

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Contemporary Curated

March 9, 2023

Estimate: $80,000$120,000

Lot 88

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Yinka Shonibare, Boy Doing Headstand, 2009

Yinka Shonibare's 2009 sculptural work features a fiberglass mannequin dressed in Dutch wax printed cotton, captured in a dynamic headstand pose. The piece combines material culture, colonialism, and contemporary identity through the juxtaposition of forms and textiles.

Medium
fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton and mixed media
Year
2009
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

2009, Installation, Identity, Yinka Shonibare, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Fiberglass, Textile, Figurative, Contemporary

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