Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA): "Nelson's Ship in a Bottle" | Art21 "Extended Play"
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Episode #111: Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA) discusses the theatricality and sense of wonder inherent in his public sculpture "Nelson's Ship in a Bottle," installed on the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. Situated across from "Nelson's Column," a monument erected to honor Admiral Lord Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, the brightly-colored sails of Shonibare's boat reference the complex heritage of British colonialism and its multicultural present.
Known for using batik in costumed dioramas that explore race and colonialism, Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA) also employs painting, sculpture, photography, and film in work that disrupts and challenges our notions of cultural identity. Taking on the honorific CBE (and previously MBE) as part of his name in everyday use, Shonibare plays with the ambiguities and contradictions of his attitude toward the Establishment and its legacies of colonialism and class. In multimedia projects that reveal his passion for art history, literature, and philosophy, Shonibare provides a critical tour of Western civilization and its achievements and failures.
Learn more about Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA): art21.org/artist/yinka-shonib...
VIDEO | Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera: Ian Serfontein. Sound: Paul Stadden & Luke Williams. Editor: Joaquin Perez. Artwork Courtesy: Yinka Shonibare MBE. Thanks: Tamsin Selby & Greater London Authority.
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Why is Africa so held back...fascinating, love this work.
Love the sculpture. It should stay !
it's a fun piece.
cool stuff :)
@ 2:45 they actually the camera that's tilted.
I wonder if there is any footage of this ship actually being bottled!
good
How the hell did it survive without being smashed ?
possibley he has a disability or he is very shy!...which may have something to do with how he holds his neck!...however its his art we are supposed to be looking at not the artist...he is a person not a work of art!. I love his work and think he has a message to deliver...this one comes in a bottle!. Peace
the subtitle definitely sucked. at least watch the video twice before starting to write a subtitle for it. smh
Im sorry but this is bollocks as well... when one grows to understand the history of art the art of history will make "sense".
Everything prior to 1:00 was pretty well spoken, if a bit hesitant. Slow but sure move the might of the gods. However 1:00 and after it starts getting really confused. I do not understand why you, who as a 'transgressive' enlightened, chose to look at disgraceful regressive aspect of a flamboyant, modern culture that would still demean based upon racial backgrounds and simply accept THAT as the embodiment of what that culture is about at present. I simply don't get that. Artist are meant to call attention to culture events. However to do so. To capture art, they must fist understand their subject and, in some cases, the non understanding of it, to fully paint out what they see or want to represent. To link the the colorful celebration of Nelson's victory to the current suffering of African descendents in Africa and rest of the world some 300+ years later is odd and if any connection, slippery at best. Oh, just so you know. One reason Nelson was so celebrated in his time was due to cementing British Imperial power upon the high seas and the dominance in world influence later. IE propel the Empire to its latter glory.......and rise of its 'colonialistic' trade. It wasn't until 2:45 did everything resume back to the subject at hand. This video was, if anything, confusing.