[:en]Yinka Shonibare MBE – Gallery opening 27 sep16[:]
Yinka Shonibare (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinka_Shonibare) is a wonderful artist and my good friend. His work is often breathtaking – cutting across many cultures, but fundamentally African. There are some who might ask how is Shonibare so fundamentally African – basically there is a place where you arrive at in terms of artistic creation that whatever you do reflects who you are and you have no need to imitate or reflect. That is Shonibare. Whatever he does is African – you may…
