YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE

16 Mar-20 Apr 2013

Overview

Stephen Friedman Gallery is delighted to announce a solo exhibition of new works by Yinka Shonibare MBE. Exploring the corruption and excess of the current economic crisis, the show is a raucous celebration of its decadence and debauchery, sharply revealing its dark underbelly. With characteristic wit and critique, Shonibare explores the fetishisation of commodities rife in a society where luxury goods now take the place of religious iconography. Through the lenses of art historical homage, the exhibition depicts a cross section of cultural and chronological filters in Shonibare's most ambitious works to date.