Yinka Shonibare is a contemporary artist who explores issues of race and class through a range of media that includes sculpture, painting, photography, and installation art. A key material in Shonibare's work are the brightly coloured 'African' fabrics which is actually Dutch wax-printed cotton that he buys himself from Brixton market in London. He sometimes recreates famous paintings or stories from literature using headless dummies with the 'Africanised' clothing instead of their original costumes.
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