Yinka Shonibare CBE in Conversation with Delinda Collier

Join us live for a virtual conversation with artist Yinka Shonibare CBE followed by an audience Q&A. This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not required.

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The interdisciplinary practice of London-based artist Yinka Shonibare CBE uses citations of Western art history and literature to question the validity of contemporary cultural and national identities within the context of globalization. Through examining race, class, and the construction of cultural identity, his works comment on the tangled interrelationship between Africa and Europe and their respective economic and political histories.

Shonibare will discuss his practice with Delinda Collier, associate professor of art history, theory, and criticism and interim dean of graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her research interests are in old and new media in Africa, Luso-African art, and Cold War modernisms. She is the author of Repainting the Walls of Lunda: Information Colonialism and Angolan Art (University of Minnesota, 2016) and Media Primitivism: Technological Art in Africa (Duke University, 2020), among many articles, essays, and reviews.

Presented in partnership with SAIC's Wellness Center and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. 

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Image: Yinka Shonibare CBE, Gallantry and Criminal Conversation, 2002, dimensions variable, eleven life-size fiberglass mannequins, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, metal and wood cases, leather, wood, steel. Courtesy the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, and James Cohan Gallery, New York. Photo: Jenni Carter.