Yinka Shonibare was another artist I studied whilst doing my Dissertation. Although there are many I admire I think he is quite probabally a favorite of mine.
Yinka Shonibare MBE is well known for his exploration of colonialsim and post colonalism and cultural Identity, using richly patterned Dutch Wax printed fabric to Africanise Images such as the old Master Paintings , for example Thomas Gainsboroughs Mr and Mrs Andrews ,and also photographs such as the diary of The Victorian Dandy based on a series of works by William Hogarth that depicted characters encountering some sort of social evil: In Shonibare version, the artist also appears as a photographic version of Oscar Wildes character Dorian Grey.
Addio del Passato is one of the many works of this artist, I have picked this particular image “The Fetish Boots”2011” they are among various works and media exploring themes of desire, yearning, desire,love, power and sexual repression.
